Sentences with phrase «role in the disease process»

Even though Alzheimer's is classified as a degenerative disease, the immune system plays a significant role in the disease process.

Since apoE plays a critical role in the transport of cholesterol and fats to the brain, it can be hypothesized that insufficient fat and cholesterol in the brain play a critical role in the disease process.

The cause of SARD is not known at this time, but one theory suggests that perhaps an abnormal corticosteroid has a role in the disease process as well as being involved in the hyperadrenocorticism.

The cause of SARD is not known at this time, but one theory suggests that perhaps an abnormal corticosteroid has a role in the disease process as well as being involved in the hyperadreno - orticism.

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«Population studies have consistently supported a protective role of nuts against cardiometabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and we know that inflammation is a key process in the development of these diseases,» said corresponding author Ying Bao, MD, ScD, an epidemiologist in BWH's Channing Division of Network Medicine.

Inflammation has long been thought to play a role in cardiovascular disease and accelerating the aging process.»

«Our ground - breaking discovery that bacteria and fungi both play a critical role in health and disease has tremendous implications not only for understanding the disease process, but also for development of potentially life changing treatments for those who suffer from chronic digestive diseases,» concluded Dr Ghannoum.

«Although a central role for DNA methylation in development and disease has been well - documented, our results suggest that epigenetic processes can play an equally important role in adaptive evolution,» the team writes.

«This study shows that domesticated animals can play an important role in that process and that diseases have been shared in this way for thousands of years.»

«Since inflammaging is thought to contribute to many diseases associated with ageing, and we now find that the gut microbiota plays a role in this process, strategies that alter the gut microbiota composition in the elderly could reduce inflammaging and promote healthy ageing,» explains Dr Floris Fransen, who performed the research at the University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.

This study was designed to better define the process by which ALS progresses and to explore the role of brain motor neurons in disease development and progression.

Understanding the role of the microbes that live in the gut and help process nutrients not only promises a fuller understanding of the link between genes, diet and disease, but may also be a pathway to pinpointing the genes responsible for conditions like diabetes.

These symptoms are usually associated with diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, which led us to believe autoimmunity plays a key role in the TB disease process.»

Aquaporins are important in physiological processes such as kidney concentration and spinal fluid secretion, and play a role in several diseases as well.

The hope is the technique could be used to unpick the role of proteins in many complex processes, such as the consolidation of memories, or be used to block the interactions between proteins within cells to help illuminate the processes that underpin disease.

Scientists use gene sequences to screen for gene's roles in diseases and important biological processes.

Getting a better handle on this process may play a role in healing bone injuries and treating bone disease.

DNA methylation is a biochemical process that plays an important regulatory role in development and disease.

The discovery suggests that badgers may play a previously unknown, but important, role in removing rotting or diseased carrion — helping ranchers, and themselves, in the process.

In addition, the ephrin - Eph system also plays a role in plastic processes, such as learning and regeneration, as well as in tumour growth and neurodegenerative diseaseIn addition, the ephrin - Eph system also plays a role in plastic processes, such as learning and regeneration, as well as in tumour growth and neurodegenerative diseasein plastic processes, such as learning and regeneration, as well as in tumour growth and neurodegenerative diseasein tumour growth and neurodegenerative diseases.

«There is a growing appreciation for the role of diverse bacteria in contributing to improved health as well as triggering disease processes or exacerbating illness,» says Michael H. Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Clinic for Adolescent and Adult Pediatric Onset Urology (CAPITUL) at Children's National Health System and study senior author.

The role of academic scientists in this process has largely been to explain the genetic / cellular basis of diseases for identifying useful targets and provide new chemical and computational methods to improve the pharmacological profile of potential drugs.

Nevertheless, light is gradually being shed on its role in the control of the overall functioning of the genome, in other words, it regulates important processes in our organism such as immune response and that is where it might be possible to find the causes of auto - immune diseases such as celiac disease.

«We would also now like to broaden this research to see how much this process may play a similar role in other major human diseases.»

Through his role in the UM Center for Genome Technology, part of the Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Hedges is actively involved in the incorporation of novel genomic technologies into the process of searching for the genetic variation underlying human disease risk.

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University, have made important discoveries about a cellular process that occurs during normal brain development and may play an important role in neurodegenerative diseases.

This discovery provides a significant opportunity not only to enhance our understanding of how miRNAs regulate a variety of biological processes in an important model species for studying human diseases, but can lead to further, similar research into the role that miRNAs play in animal domestication.

Microbes have a profound effect on many human physiological processes, such as digestion and drug metabolism, and play a vital role in disease susceptibility.

«Method developed by biomedical scientists could help in treatment of several diseases: Researchers» method measures the efficiency in real time of a processing pathway that plays an important role in protein formation in cells.»

Collectively, these will advance the understanding of the role ChrX plays in the etiology of age - related diseases, which will also have an important positive impact on our understanding of sex differences in aging processes.

The discovery opens a vast field of potential therapy, for while glutamate carries out such fundamental processes as sensory perception, learning and memory, changes in its role contribute to many brain diseases.

The SDF - 1 / CXCR4 axis is gaining significant attention mainly due to its important roles in pathological processes, such as HIV entry, tumor metastasis, cell trafficking in autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions [10].

«This discovery is important not only because it solves a long - standing mystery on the role of Arc in long - term memory formation, but also gives new insight into the homeostatic scaling process itself — disruptions in which have already been implicated in a whole host of neurological diseases,» said Dr. Finkbeiner.

He studies the processes that regulate blood vessel function and response to injury, with emphasis on the role of lipid - lowering medications in preventing ischemic stroke, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.

Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine have developed a new tool for studying a key process in cells called G - protein signaling, which plays a central role in the normal functioning of cells and can go awry to cause severe disease, including cancers.

The symposium is organized by the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN), University of Oslo, to highlight the emerging importance of the roles of glia - neuronal interactions in brain function and disease processes.

Yet these genes may play important roles in normal processes or in the development or prevention of various diseases.

Those fragments include amyloid beta peptide 42 (Aβ - 42), which researchers suspect play a major role in the Alzheimer's disease process.

Such changes in neuronal function are likely to play important roles in all normal physiological processes in the brain and are critical for development of a variety of brain diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, epilepsy, drug dependence and other neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Repeatedly, it has been demonstrated that cannabis - based preparations alleviate the symptoms of chronic skin diseases, such as eczema and psoriasis, and it seems that the endocannabinoid system plays an important role in the regulation of different fundamental processes involved.

Now that the researchers have identified this brain - cleaning process, their hope is that it will lead to further research on how the process works and the possible role it might play in neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

Founded in Rouen, France, Interactive Biosoftware is present on the 5 continents, in more than 35 countries to play an active role in the process of understanding and finding solutions to society's most devastating diseases.

The vision of Interactive Biosoftware is to play an active role in the process of understanding and finding solutions to society's most devastating diseases.

The role of this recycling and disposal system in human disease was not appreciated until Ohsumi and his colleagues» work in the 1990s revealed the yeast genes that orchestrate the process.

Specifically, the team hypothesizes that microRNA miR - 24 is a key regulator of actin cytoskeleton dynamics (i.e. the inner structural support of a cell); therefore, it plays a critical role in regulating multiple disease processes, including the angiogenesis (blood vessel growth), inflammation, and fibrosis (thickening and scarring of tissue) associated with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in wet AMD.

In the process, they discovered further evidence that microglia may play roles in a variety of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases as well as schizophrenia, autism and depressioIn the process, they discovered further evidence that microglia may play roles in a variety of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases as well as schizophrenia, autism and depressioin a variety of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases as well as schizophrenia, autism and depression.

1) Phytonutrients: * Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables * Promote the function of the immune system * Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation * Associated with the treatment and / or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease 2) Enzymes: * Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life * Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles 3) Amino Acids: * The basic building blocks of protein * Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism 4) Essential Fatty Acids: * Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer * Improve mood * Decrease inflammation 5) Vitamins: * Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings * Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs * Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization 6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals: * Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids * Essential for normal cellular activity * Provide hardness to bones and teeth

This process of renewing your mitochondria may play a huge role in the prevention of many of the diseases we currently have no acceptable treatment — diseases of excess growth.

• However, there's growing evidence that high - protein food choices do play a role in health — and that eating healthy protein sources like fish, chicken, beans, or nuts in place of red meat (including processed red meat) can lower the risk of several diseases and premature death.

Vitamin A is key to almost every process in the body — the concert master, so to speak — not only for protein synthesis, but also for hormone production (including sex hormones like testosterone, and thyroid hormone); vitamin A is also key to immune system function, critical for healthy vision and hearing, plays a role in bone health, and works in tandem with vitamins D and K2 for everything from the prevention of heart disease to the production of feel - good chemicals.