Sentences with phrase «produced cells called»

Breast milk is made and stored in milk - producing cells called alveoli and carried towards the nipple by little tubes or ducts.

The team was surprised to observe that these very aggressive tumors arise from mature, pigment - producing cells called melanocytes.

Bones need a constant new creation of cells specific to their tissue, including the bone - producing cells called osteoblasts.

Rick Maizels at the University of Edinburgh and his colleagues find that the worms manipulate their hosts into producing cells called regulatory T cells, which calm the immune system.

Neighbouring myelin - producing cells called oligodendrocytes (OLs) recognise the repeating signal and wrap myelin around the active circuit wiring.

The orbital remodeling in TED is likely induced by infiltrating T lymphocytes and mast cells, which activate orbital fibroblast effector cells to either proliferate and form scar - producing cells called myofibroblasts or turn into pro-inflammatory fat cells.

Skin - producing cells called fibroblasts from the tip of an adult mouse's tail have been reprogrammed to make eggs, Japanese researchers report online October 17 in Nature.

In the current study, the approach involved genetically manipulating such stem cells to become stable immortalized lines of platelet - producing cells called megakaryocyte progenitors.

Previous research, some of it by members of the current team, had shown that KITLG triggers the production of pigment - producing cells called melanocytes in response to UV light.

One of the ways it does this is by producing cells called immunoglobulins, also called antibodies.

Melanomas arise from pigment producing cells called melanocytes, which are responsible for coloring the skin.

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However, Tesla's Gigafactory, which is supposed to produce its first battery cells by the end of this year, plans to produce a new format of lithium - ion batteries called the «21 - 70.»

Now, the automaker is pushing the envelope again, with the first mass - produced fuel - cell vehicle, a zero - emissions car called the Mirai.

Condic and her colleagues propose a procedure, called «oocyte - assisted reprogramming» (OAR), which they claim will produce a pluripotent cell without first producing a totipotent zygote, the single - cell embryo.

The OAR proposal uses a variation of therapeutic cloning called altered nuclear transfer (ANT) in which the nucleus of a donor cell (a skin cell, for example), containing the 30,000 genes of the genetic code, is altered in such a way that it produces an epigenetic factor, a protein called nanog.

Producing «clean» meat by culturing cells — instead of raising or slaughtering animals - is a new frontier in food production, but will it require a new regulatory framework, and what should we call it?

Chiles produce a waxy compound called capsaicin which cause a burning sensation when contacted with cell membranes.

These cells also produce a protein called «complement, «which is involved in a series of reactions that help establish immunity.

When these cells break down after birth, they produce a yellow pigment called bilirubin, which circulates in the blood.

The female breast contains cells called estrogen receptors which are stimulated by the presence of estrogen (or xeno - estrogens) into producing more mammary tissue.

The manifesto, produced in partnership with Young Minds and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, calls for better quality crisis care for young people, and for an end to the practice of children being held in police cells.

From the embryonic stem cells, the researchers produced a type of tissue called retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

The molecule — called VCP — is a component of the infected cell rather than a substance produced by the virus itself.

They found that even the briefest of pulses in the nanosecond to femtosecond range produced a microscopic explosion called a cavitation bubble powerful enough to damage nearby cells.

When looking for genes that might play important roles in the metabolism of healthy and cancerous liver cells, Wang and his colleagues became interested in a gene called SLC13A5, which produces a protein that transports citrate into cells.

Some produce a compound called parietin, which absorbs blue and UV light and protects cells from damage.

Institute researchers also uncovered the parents (called progenitors) that produce dendritic cells.

Cells called melanocytes produce the pigments that colour hair and their numbers are kept topped up by stem cCells called melanocytes produce the pigments that colour hair and their numbers are kept topped up by stem cellscells.

The exceptional cancer cells that escape the astrocytes do so by producing a protein called Serpin, which acts as a sort of antidote to the death signals fired at them by nearby astrocytes.

Infectious organisms trip specialized immune cells in the body and cause them to pump out proteins called cytokines, which produce inflammation and other hallmarks of infection, such as chills and fever.

It's a process called neurogenesis, in which cells continually divide and produce new ones.

The compound, called gavinone in honor of its codiscoverer, is produced when cellulose, the sugar that makes up the cell walls of all plants, burns.

Mitochondria are found in cells and they use oxygen to produce energy in a process called oxidative metabolism.

The illness is caused by the loss of so - called pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce the hormone insulin, which is essential for regulating the use of sugar in the body.

A new study by researchers at Sanford - Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford - Burnham) has found that a peptide called caerulein can convert existing cells in the pancreas into those cells destroyed in type 1 diabetes insulin - producing beta cells.

The enzyme is produced by white blood cells called neutrophils, which play an important role in inflammatory and immune responses and may be a key contributor to the development of muscular dystrophy.

It arises from mutations affecting cells, called melanocytes, that produce the pigment melanin, which gives color to those body parts.

These include a plant - produced chemical called resveratrol, which spurs cells to increase production of sirtuins, the proteins that promote cell survival.

A European team of scientists has discovered how the cells produce tiny pieces of RNA — called piRNA — that identify and silence «jumping genes» or transposons: genes that are able to change their position within the genome and therefore alter or disrupt the genetic code.

A promising alternative to hESCs emerged in 2006 when researchers produced so - called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from ordinary tissue such as skin.

In this study, the researchers found that a specific population of immune cells called macrophages have the ability to secrete or produce a protective or healing factor known as Interleukin - 10 (IL - 10), which can interact with receptors on intestinal epithelial cells to promote wound healing.

They also found that saliva contains another class of small RNAs, called piwi - interacting RNAs, or piRNAs, which are produced by stem cells, skin cells and germ cells.

He determined that a compound produced by the mold, which he called penicillin, could kill pathogenic bacteria but not white blood cells or human tissue.

Now, researchers have discovered that non-beta cells in the pancreas can be transformed into insulin - producing cells, merely by exposing them to a growth factor called BMP - 7.

In multiple myeloma, normal plasma cells transform into malignant myeloma cells and produce large quantities of toxic abnormal immunoglobulin called monoclonal protein that can damage multiple organs.

Multiple myeloma is preceded by a blood disorder called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in which abnormal plasma cells produce many copies of an antibody protein.

Research shows that in Parkinson's disease a brainstem region called the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) develops changes in DNA found in mitochondria — the batteries of the cell — as they produce and store energy that cells can use.

In a paper published in Nature Immunology in 2011, Dr. Rostami and colleagues showed that the Th - 17 cells also produced another cytokine called GM - CSF, which created a chain reaction with another cell type ultimately increasing the GM - CSF levels in the brain of mouse models significantly.

Equally important, they developed surface molecules called integrins that are only produced when CD4 cells are destined for mucosal surfaces, such as those in the vagina.

Once the inflammatory process has been initiated, neutrophils within the joint space release interleukin - 1, which induces cells lining the joint space to produce chemoattractants called chemokines that further facilitate the movement of neutrophils into the joint space.