Sentences with phrase «special cells called»

These amino acids are then absorbed by the body, where they pass through special cells called enterocytes.

In the man, there are special cells called sperm in the woman, there are special cells called ova.

The immune system, by sending in special cells called macrophages and neutrophils, plays a big role in cleaning up this damage (17).

These complexes are normally removed by special cells called macrophages.

It's gray in color and partly made of special cells called neurons.

Melton's ultimate goal is to discover how embryonic stem cells grow into special cells called islets in the pancreas.

Special cells called progenitor cells give rise to new taste bud cells that replace old ones.

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It also delivers higher levels of a special fat called conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA, which increases blood flow to the brain, extends the life of brain cells, and counteracts the effects of the stress hormone cortisol.

Cells in mom's gut watch what's coming through and if there's an infectious cell, a special cell in mom's gut called a plasma cell heads to the breast and helps the breast make SIgA in the milk to protect the baby.

In this study, the SIgN team discovered for the first time that the integrity of p53 affects the production of a special cell surface protein called Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I. MHC class I molecules on the cancer cell surface serve as targets for the immune system.

They then put the dishes into special chambers called bioreactors that keep them warm and in gentle motion reminiscent of a womb, encouraging the cells to form blobs with working neurons and many other features of a full - size human brain.

This way, Professor Henrik Zetterberg and his colleagues could show that a special nerve cell protein, called tau, at elevated levels in the blood is a marker of concussion.

They also showed that the cephalosporinases are exported out of the bacterial cells, attached to the surface of special packages called outer membrane vesicles (OMVs).

Eventually he found that if he treated GRP cells with a special signaling molecule, they generated a type of astrocyte called GDA (glial - restricted precursor derived astrocyte).

This organ is composed of special fat cells, called brown adipose tissue, or brown fat for short.

Light intensity is detected by special cells in the retina and this information is relayed to the internal body clock, located deep in a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Heaton et al. now report that a special type of epithelial cell in the lungs of mice — called club cells — survive influenza infection.

Previous measurements also revealed that special nerve cells, the so - called clock neurons, produce PDF.

«The existence of special membrane domains, called raft domains, has been assumed for over 25 years, but was never found to actually occur in living cells,» said Dr. Naoko Komura of Gifu University, the first author of the paper.

In the gut, a special subset of Treg cells, called peripheral Treg (pTreg) cells, exists in both the small and large intestine.

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease where special immune system cells, called gluten - specific T cells, have an extraordinarily strong inflammatory reaction to gluten.

It influences the development of special cells, the so - called osteoclasts that are responsible for bone resorption.

To identify the cells, the research team used a special method called laser capture microdissection to exactly separate individual cell types from the remaining tissue.

These cells were then grown in the laboratory under special conditions to select for stem - like cells called endothelial progenitor cells.

According to the authors, these special immune cells are so - called insulin - specific T follicular helper cells (TFH).

Previous studies have shown that a special type of cortical interneurons, called basket cells, exerts a strongly inhibitory effect on brain circuits.

The key to these makeovers are special pigment - containing cells called chromatophores, which, when activated by light, can spread their pigments out or bunch them up to change the skin's overall color or pattern.

The protein LecA on the surface of the bacteria binds to sugar on special lipid molecules, so - called Gb3 lipids, which are present in the outer membrane of human cells.

Called «tumor microenvironments of metastasis,» these on - ramps are sites on blood vessels that special immune cells flock to.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and East China Normal University devised and tested a thin - about as thin as the skin of a soap bubble - film composed of a special type of molecules called peptoids that can repair itself, similar to the self - repair seen in cells of living organisms.

John O'Keefe, along with John Dostrovsky, discovered in 1971 that the hippocampus contains special nerve cells that are involved in determining an animal's specific location, which they called place cells.

The cells or blood is then tested for special proteins, called human leukocytes antigens (HLA).

They knew that nerve cells relay those signals using special chemicals called neurotransmitters.

«All we knew for a long time was that special immune cells called histiocytes were found in the tissue of patients who were sick,» says Melissa Hines, MD, of St. Jude Critical Care.

BAR and F - BAR domains, on the other hand, do not do this, unless, the researchers found, a special flipping enzyme, called ATP10A, was activated in cells.

Nerve cells, considering apoE4 an intruder, attack it with a special enzyme called a protease.

By this, researchers demonstrated that a peripheral nerve injury in rats would send a message from the damaged nerve cell to special spinal cord immune cells called «glial cells».

The researchers» findings suggest that Nav1.1 levels in special regulatory nerve cells called parvalbumin cells, or PV cells, are essential to generate healthy brain - wave activity — and that problems in this process contribute to cognitive decline in AD - mice and possibly in patients with Alzheimer's.

Honestly, no one is completely sure, but the vulnerable brain cells - called neurons - have a number of special features that might make them vulnerable.

Those signals are a call to act, and normally the body responds by sending out special cells.

Blincyto is a special type of monoclonal antibody called a bispecific T cell engager (BiTE), consisting of two monoclonal antibodies joined together.

Prof Mummery says the UK has already recognised the potential for stem - cell based drug testing by established a special public - private research programme called «Stem Cells for Safer Medicine» or SC4SM.

Working independently in different laboratories across the USA, Scheller, Südhof, and Rothman have revealed in exquisite detail the molecules that govern the transfer of signals from one nerve cell to another at special connection points called synapses.

And the third major thing that I think we've discovered is that the immune cell of the eye, which is called the microglia; it serves a special function in the maintenance of the health of the retina.

They are equipped with special receptors called chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that recognize specific proteins on cancer cells and eliminate those cells.

Reishi mushroom contains special polysaccharides called beta - glucans said to fight cancer cells by suppressing endothelial growth factor, support the immune system, and enhance cytotoxic receptors (NKG2D / NCR) killer cells.

Special cells and glands found in the thin lining (called the mucosa or mucous membrane) of body cavities and passageways leading out of the body regularly produce the slippery stuff.

Training activates a special kind of cells in the muscles called «satellite cells» which tell the cell's nucleus to release mRNA (messenger RNA), which serves as the blueprint / contains the code for creating proteins.

Inside the lymph nodes are special white blood cells called lymphocytes that produce antibodies.

This layer of cells is placed into special plates called transwells.