Healthy RPE cells can be stressed to
produce abnormal cells that display features of AMD.
Not exact matches
The team's key discovery was that stem
cells lacking an enzyme responsible for pseudouridine modification of RNA, known as PUS7,
produce abnormal amounts of protein.
To do so they focused on keratinocytes, a specific type of skin
cells with a key role in psoriasis because of their
abnormal growth and ability to
produce large amounts of inflammation promoting factors.
Healthy plasma
cells produce antibodies that fight infection in the body, but myeloma
cells produce high levels of
abnormal antibodies that, when the cancer
cells accumulate, they crowd out production of other important blood
cells, both red and white.
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.
This caused atypical growth of blood - forming stem
cells that were more likely to
produce the
abnormal B
cells most common in B - ALL.
Of particular interest are the emerging techniques for genomics and proteomics, which allow profiles of gene expression and protein synthesis to be
produced and comparisons to be made between normal and
abnormal cells, as well as between
cells before and after exposure to medicines or toxic chemicals.
The new study revealed that pancreatic cancer
cells not only send signals that make macrophages
produce abnormal amounts of dectin - 1 surface receptors, but also that make tumor
cells themselves express high levels of galectin - 9.
In sickle
cell disease, individuals have two copies of a genetic mutation that
produces an
abnormal change in hemoglobin, the primary molecule that carries oxygen in the blood.
What these illnesses have in common is that they're caused by
abnormal proteins that accumulate in or between brain
cells to form plaques,
producing damage that causes mental decline and early death.
This particular liver cancer arises from a mutation that
produces an
abnormal form of the enzyme that is the topic of this current work, protein kinase A, and alters the enzyme's role in
cell signaling.
This
produces an
abnormal protein that disrupts
cell growth control.
Using a multi-disciplinary approach involving electrophysiological, cellular and biophysical techniques, the researchers found that parts of the prion protein lacking the «brake» region
produced abnormal electrical currents in
cells.
It is believed to result from a combination of genetics and environmental factors such as irritants and allergens that drive T lymphocytes to
produce factors that cause
abnormal changes in keratinocytes, the predominant
cell type in the outermost layer of skin, as well as changes in other
cells in the underlying dermis.
Instead of
producing healthy lymphocytes, white blood
cells that fight infections, his bone marrow was unleashing
abnormal lymphocytes into his bloodstream.
Rather, the mutation
produces an
abnormal version of a protein involved in a process called phase separation in
cells.
In cancer
cells, the drugs
produce a substantial increase in the display of
abnormal proteins on the
cells» surface.
What these illnesses have in common is that they're caused by
abnormal proteins that accummulate in or between brain
cells to form plaques,
producing damage that causes mental decline and early death.
In diseases like leukemia, a kind of cancer, the bone marrow
produces abnormal blood
cells.
The elevated incidence of glomerulonephritis in p21 - deficient mice, with increased severity among females, has been reported previously (35) and is attributable to an autoimmune process
produced by
abnormal proliferation of memory T -
cell lymphocytes.
Each MPN is a different condition, but they are thought to be caused by an
abnormal cancer stem
cell that may have acquired genetic mutations that make it unable to
produce blood
cells normally
These
cells produce factors (e.g. sKITL and MMP9) that normally keep the stem
cells from differentiating into
abnormal myeloid
cells.
And according to recent studies conducted in Japan, the full ripe bananas with dark patches on their skin
produce the largest quantity of TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), a cytokine that fights
abnormal tumor
cells in the body by stimulating the production of white blood
cells and assisting their communication.
Sunflower seeds are also a good source of selenium, which has been shown to induce DNA repair and synthesis in damaged
cells, to inhibit the proliferation of cancer
cells, and to induce their apoptosis, the self - destruction mechanism the body naturally
produces to eliminate worn out or
abnormal cells.
Abnormal adrenal rhythms can alter the
cells» ability to
produce energy.
Essentially, the aim is to genetically alter patients» own blood stem
cells so they don't
produce abnormal hemoglobin.
When white blood
cells multiply in an
abnormal and uncontrolled way, these immature
cells take over, literally crowding the bone marrow thereby preventing it from
producing healthy blood
cells and causing a shortage of red blood
cells.
This means that
abnormal blood
cells can be
produced or that production of normal
cells can be halted due to an action of chloramphenicol on patient bone marrow.