Sentences with phrase «protecting cell bodies»

Studies have shown that protecting cell bodies from death has no impact on disease progression whereas blocking preceding axon breakdown has a significant benefit.

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Studies have shown that their wide array of antioxidants actually inhibit the growth of cancer cells, as well as protecting the body from cardiovascular disease — orange vegetables have been shown to provide the most protection against this disease.

Manganese is a co-factor for the enzyme superoxide dismutase, a powerful free radical scavenger, protecting the body's cells from oxidative stress and also repairing them.

The high - level of antioxidants and other phytochemicals found in nuts and seeds help prevent chronic and inflammatory diseases by protecting the body against cell oxidation.

Foods rich in anti-oxidants are very important for the body to balance the oxidative stress is encounters each day and protect the skin cells from free radical damage.

Vitamin E helps protect cells from damage and prevents blood clots, thrombosis and atherosclerosis by improving the body's use of oxygen.

They're also abundant in phytochemicals and antioxidants, compounds that work to protect the body from oxidative stress and cell damage.

Number 4: Protects and Repairs Your Body's Cells from Deterioration and Damage Whey protein is also a powerful antioxidant, boosting the immune system — another health advantage.

Vitamin E in the body acts as an antioxidant, protecting the cells from damage caused by free radicals.

If it's foreign man - made junk my body is going to protect me by encapsulating those strange preservatives and toxins in fat cells.

According to WebMD, «Inflammation is a process by which the body's white blood cells and substances they produce protect us from infection with foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses.»

This unique berry has an extraordinary amount of antioxidants that protect the tissues and cells of the body.

Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that protects cells against the damaging effects of free radicals, boosts the immune system, supports cardiovascular health, and helps your body create new red blood cells.

Conveniently, pure orange juice is also a source of the B - vitamin folate, needed for white blood cells (that protect the body against infectious disease) to rapidly reproduce.»

This invigorating antioxidant body treatment protects against damaging environmental aggressors, lightly exfoliates dead skin cells, and deeply moisturizes dehydrated areas for smoother, healthier - looking skin.

Usually, the G6PD enzyme in the body PROTECTS the red blood cells from damage by these byproducts... but when an individual is G6PD deficient, that layer of protection is not there in sufficient quantity.

VITAMIN E: Protects body's store of Vitamin A, tissues and fat from destructive oxidation, and breakdown of red corpuscles; strengthens capillary walls; regulates menstrual rhythm; prevents loss of other vitamins; aids blood flow to heart; lowers blood cholesterol and fatty acids; vital to cell health; regulates protein and calcium metabolism.

This research is still in its infancy so there are no definite conclusions, but it seems that in some cases these cells are helping the woman's body get stronger than it ever was and protecting her against certain diseases.

In addition to opening the door to new studies in the «economics» of cells, the findings may have medical implications, as intestinal lining plays an important role in the both absorption of nutrients and protecting the body.

The purpose of catalase in living cells is to protect them from oxidative damage, which can occur when cells or other molecules in the body come into contact with oxidative compounds.

But during pregnancy, the fetus is protected from the mother's immune system by the placenta, which has specialized cells — called trophoblasts — that can burrow into the mother's body without exciting an attack by the immune system.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that protecting or boosting neurotrophins — the molecules that support the survival and function of nerve cells — may slow the progression of Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Encased in bone and protected by a special layer of cells, it is shielded from infections and injuries — but also from many pharmaceuticals and even from the body's own immune defenses.

A dense layer of cells called the blood - brain barrier protects the organ from germs circulating in the body, and from the immune cells that combat them.

The problem is that the body breaks down and eliminates real hemoglobin that is not protected by red blood cells, a process that can be toxic to the kidneys, constrict blood vessels (resulting in hypertension), and cause inflammation.

Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that affects the white blood cells — called lymphocytes — that help protect the body from infection.

«The human skin protects the body and internal cells from environmental stresses.

The capsule protects the donator's cells against attacks of the immune system but, passes the hormones by semi-permeable walls into the body of the receiver.

They are designed to get around one of the ways that cancer protects itself from the immune system: tumors can activate the body's natural protective response from autoimmunity, called a checkpoint, and thereby thwart cytotoxic T cells.

T cells help protect the body from parasites by traveling to the site of infection and recruiting other immune cells to mount an attack.

Exactly how the tea protects against heart disease remains unclear, but Kuriyama speculates that antioxidant chemicals in green tea, called polyphenols, reduce the action of free radicals in the body, which may damage cells.

The niche prevents stem cells from being depleted, while protecting the body from over-production of stem cells.

This error could result in the overproduction of T cells, which help to protect the body against infections.

The UPR therefore plays a key role in secretory cells but also protects other cells of the body from the stresses associated with an accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying the way they interact with «good and bad» bacteria, think they may be able to better identify the good bacteria that protect women from HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections.

The immune system protects the body against cancer cells.

«It appears that the fat cells «protect» leukemia cells, making them less susceptible to chemotherapy — and making an accurate measure of body fat essential.»

HIV is particularly devastating to the immune system's T - cells, which protect the body from infection.

That finding indicates that very low numbers of the cells in the body could be enough to protect human patients from maladies ranging from infections to cancer.

Cells that are capable of triggering inflammation are balanced by cells that promote tolerance, protecting the body without damaging sensitive tisCells that are capable of triggering inflammation are balanced by cells that promote tolerance, protecting the body without damaging sensitive tiscells that promote tolerance, protecting the body without damaging sensitive tissues.

The compound increases bone mass by protecting and increasing the activity of bone cells in various stages of normal bone mantanence, utilizing mechanisms that overlap those that regulate whole - body energy metabolism.

The team showed that IL - 33 can further enhance the response of memory T cells, the long - lived cells that can patrol and protect the body from infections and cancers, when given with a DNA vaccine compared to a vaccine without IL - 33.

In an attempt to protect the body from the spreading virus, these immune cells then commit «cellular suicide,» leading to the collapse of the immune system — and AIDS.

ILC3s that lacked Id2 were unable to produce a molecule called IL - 22 that subsequently stimulates other intestinal cells to produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which help protect the body against pathogenic infections.

Bones support body structures, protect internal organs, and (in conjunction with muscles) facilitate movement; are also involved with cell formation, calcium metabolism, and mineral storage.

While immune system cells» purpose is to defend and protect the body, ironically the brain's «call to arms» may cause more harm than good when it instructs immune cells to enter into the brain.

Scientists were able to selectively target the cells that cause autoimmune disease by dampening down their aggression against the body's own tissues while converting them into cells capable of protecting against disease.

The immune system protects us from scores of invaders, but it can also turn against us when white blood cells called autoimmune T cells attack the body's own tissue.

Rather than the body's immune system destroying its own tissue by mistake, researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how cells convert from being aggressive to actually protecting against disease.

Lungs are one of the body surfaces that is protected by mucus, but the researchers also had a version of the lung cells where the ability to make mucus had been knocked out.