Sentences with phrase «reduced cell adhesion»

Cells can fail to stick together sufficiently, referred to as reduced cell adhesion, or they can stick together normally but not respond in the correct way to that contact, referred to as a loss of contact inhibition.

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Plakoglobin is a component of two important structures involved in cell - to - cell adhesion, and the investigators found that suppressing its expression caused CTC clusters to fall apart, reducing their metastatic potential, and also disrupted cell - to - cell contact between breast cancer cells but not normal breast tissue.

The good news is that restoring normal levels of nitric oxide can substantially reduce red blood cell adhesion, said Dr. Tohru Ikuta, a molecular hematologist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.

Rather, restoring normal nitric oxide levels appears the most efficient, effective way to reduce red blood cell adhesion, the researchers write.

They guard against heart disease by making capillaries stronger and more flexible, while reducing the adhesion, or «stickiness,» of red blood cells, making them less likely to form atherosclerotic plaque.