Sentences with phrase «special immune cells»

Several other fascinating research studies on the healing properties of lemons and limes have shown that cell cycles — including the decision a cell makes about whether to divide (called mitosis) or die (apoptosis — are altered by lime juice, as are the activities of special immune cells called monocytes.

That is the opposite of what happens with AIDS, where special immune cells known as CD4 cells are knocked off.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered an important process by which special immune cells in the skin help heal wounds.

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

Special immune cells called macrophages function like garbage collectors, picking up this waste DNA and breaking it down.

Havran and other researchers have shown in recent years that special immune cells known as dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs) are the only resident T cell population in the outer layer of skin (epidermis) of mice — and are resident in human skin, too.

Nagoya University - led research team shows in mice the potential of a special immune cell that targets a key protein in tumor growth that helps stop brain cancer.

Testicular macrophages are special immune cells that rush to the defense of sperm.

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

However, the scientists have now been able to show that these special immune cells can indeed «remember» pigmented cells when they come into more frequent contact with a specific contact allergen.

«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.