Sentences with phrase «provides immune defense»

An animal's skin is a complex organ that contains moisture and structures, protects underlying tissue and vasculature, and provides an immune defense barrier.

The rodent models have shown that microglial cells, which normally provide an immune defense for the central nervous system, become abnormally activated in ALS to produce neurotoxicity.

Not exact matches

It's well known that breastfeeding strengthens babies» immune systems and it provides defense against many childhood diseases and cancers (even cancer in moms too!)

She wanted to give her the immune support, defense against allergies and asthma and the perfect source of nourishment that human milk provides.

The ability of these children to maintain an intact immune system in the face of ongoing viral replication and in the absence of antiretroviral therapy can provide us with new insights into hitherto unknown defense mechanisms, which could eventually benefit other HIV patients,» says Professor Oliver T. Keppler, Chair of Virology at the Pettenkofer Institute, and former head of the German Reference Center for Retroviruses in Frankfurt am Main.

«It's providing support to immune cells in their defense against viruses and bacteria.»

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense, providing broad protection as opposed to the specific immune system which targets the specific threat.

«Cytokines provide the intercellular communication links between the immune system and other tissues and organs... Thus, the study of cytokines has helped to propel immunology from the limited areas of immunological specificity to larger concerns of the cell biology, biochemical, molecular, and clinical aspects of host defense.»

It can also help your body break down certain medications, provide a layer of defense against infection, and help your immune system function optimally by actually protecting you against those harmful strains of bacteria.

Furthermore, much like the tannins in wines, the terpenes provide a pleasant, yet almost bitter, taste and smell that trains our immune system and promotes antioxidant defense.

Kombucha tea is a fermented tea (naturally effervescent) that contains billions of friendly gut organisms (probiotics) that help to strengthen your immune system by bolstering your levels of good organisms in your gut, which provides a first level of defense against pathogens from things you ingest.

Just like in nature, people can use Propolis with higher amounts of flavonoid levels to provide extra defense against problems that affect cellular and immune support.

There is some feeling that nasal vaccines may provide a more complete stimulation to the area of the immune system responsible for defense against the infection in question.

(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant is immune from prosecution as provided in subsection (1).

From this perspective, social adversity and perceived threat in childhood should upregulate the innate immune system, a system that provides immediate defense against infection, and enhance pro-inflammatory response tendencies as a way to prepare for potential impending tissue damage and infection.