Sentences with phrase «preventing cell apoptosis»

«These findings suggest that BES may thus be used as a strategy to improve cell survival and prevent cell apoptosis in stem cell - based transplantation therapies,» Fan explained.

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The main function of the c - FLIP protein is to prevent the TNF - related apoptosis - inducing ligand (TRAIL) from killing cells.

ABT - 737 targets proteins known as B - cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl - 2) and Bcl - xL, which prevent apoptosis, a form of cell suicide, in cancer cells.

By invigorating the mitochondria, SIRT3 and SIRT4 extend the life of cells, by preventing flagging mitochondria from developing tiny holes (or pores) in their membranes that allow proteins that trigger apoptosis, or cell death, to seep out into the rest of the cell.

Survivin belongs to a class of proteins that prevent cells from self - destructing, a process known as apoptosis.

«What was especially surprising and exciting was that a non-chemical procedure can prevent apoptosis in stem cells therapy for spinal cord injury patients,» Fan said.

The drug, known as HRX9, works by preventing the cancer cells from avoiding apoptosis — the natural process by which unhealthy and damaged cells close themselves down and die.

The results were that BES enhanced cell survival and prevented the apoptosis of NPCs caused by growth factor deprivation.

Receptor interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) has important kinase - dependent and kinase - independent scaffolding functions that activate or prevent apoptosis or necroptosis in a cell context — dependent manner.

Ionizing radiation is a potent DNA damaging agent that interacts with cellular DNA and induces lesions in the irradiated cells and prevents cell proliferation and induces cell death by apoptosis or necrosis depending on the radiation dose.

Concomitant PLK4OE and p53 deletion (PLK4OE / p53cKO) rescued the differentiation defects, but did not prevent the apoptosis of PLK4OE cells.

Oncogenes — whose protein products, when activated, cause uncontrolled cell proliferation or prevent cells from undergoing apoptosis.

Then Hu expressed lincRNA - EPS in maturing red blood cells and grew these cells in the absence of the hormone erythropoietin, which normally prevents the blood cell progenitors from undergoing apoptosis.

Moreover, LA prevented the prostatic hyperplasia induced by testosterone in rats, triggered apoptosis in colon cancer cells through oxidative stress and improved the sensitization of the EGFR inhibitor cetuximab in KRAS / BRAF mutated colorectal cancer cells.

Chlorella has anticancer properties, preventing the growth of cancerous cells by inducing apoptosis, or cell death.

They also act aggressively against cancer by preventing cancer cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis — or cancer cell «suicide» — and inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels that nourish tumor growth.

It rebalances acid / alkaline in the system and may help prevent other cancers by inducing apoptosis in human skin, thyroid, gastric, liver, colon, cervical and prostate cancer cells.

In addition to its antioxidant properties, vitamin C has been shown to reduce monocyte adherence to the endothelium, improve endothelium - dependent nitric oxide production and vasodilation, and reduce vascular smooth - muscle - cell apoptosis, which prevents plaque instability in atherosclerosis [2,56].