Sentences with phrase «signals other cells in the body»
The insulin signals other cells in the body to take up sugar, the primary energy source for all the body's cells.
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In another neuron called a chandelier cell (above), vertical branches of its signal - sending axon, which serves to quiet other cells, dangle around the cell body.
Signals from the dendritic cells prime them to trigger immune reactions in other parts of the body.
Leptin, which is made by fat cells, is thought to signal the body that it has enough energy in reserve to launch into the growth spurt and other changes of puberty.
Previous research conducted by Dr. Badylak's team suggested that ECM also could be used to regenerate lost muscle by placing the material in the injury site where it signals the body to recruit stem and other progenitor cells to rebuild healthy tissue.
«It's likely that these microbial signals reach other cells throughout the body, which in turn mount their own specific responses,» Rawls said.
Moreover, these stem cell - derived cells released different amounts of hormone in response to known feedback signals generated by other organs in the body.
Fat cells are not simply big blobs of lipid quietly standingby in the body — instead, they send out hormones and other signaling proteins that affect many types of tissues.
Protein systems, such as Ras, make up the complex signaling pathways that control whether a cell divides or, in some cases, becomes cancerous and metastasizes into other regions of the body.
Too much (or even too little) of a hormone can cause cells to start ignoring their signalling, resulting in symptoms of low levels of the hormone in some areas of the body and high levels of the hormone in others.
In fact, any time the body senses an intruder, stress, damaging cells, irritants, or some other problem that signals something is going wrong, the immune system responds to fix it, and you have inflammation.
Equipped with beer and enthusiasm but no cell phone signal or other present - day communication methods (a fact feebly explained), the seven youths show off their universally toned bodies in swimsuits.
Each need originates from nerve - based circuits in the brain that connect electrochemical signals, meaning nerve cells transmit messages to each other until specific parts of your body receive the information needed to perform the behavior to get your need met.