Sentences with phrase «stimulating immune cells»

Within minutes, these digestive enzymes will begin stimulating immune cells to consume circulating immune complexes.

By stimulating immune cells from bone marrow, the group was able to «mimic Mother Nature's environmental enrichment in a dish,» says Richard Kraig, a professor of neurology at Chicago.

Studies have even shown that arrowroot can stimulate immune cells and boost the immune system.

Argos is focused on the treatment of metastatic cancers and chronic infections using a proprietary platform technology that stimulates immune cells with messenger RNA.

Data published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology stated that manuka honey stimulates immune cells.

The study discovered that a single session of approximately 20 minutes of moderate exercise on a treadmill led to a 5 % reduction in the number of stimulated immune cells that produce TNF.

A 1994 study confirmed that the compounds in ashwagandha stimulate immune cells, and a more recent study found that an herbal tea containing ashwagandha increased natural killer cell activity in healthy volunteers with recurrent coughs and colds.

Not exact matches

The FDA just approved a blood cancer treatment that stimulates the immune system to fight off cancerous cells.

Or consider a vaccine that, when injected directly into a tumor, would not only destroy the malignant cells but also stimulate the body's immune system to go after similar tumor cells.

The tattooing process works by injecting ink into the skin, which stimulates an immune response in which cells called «macrophages» move into the area and «eat up» the ink.

Turnips are high in vitamins A and C; antioxidants that together play an important role in stimulating the body's immune response by boosting the formation of antibodies and white blood cells.

It's now recognised as being a powerhouse of nutrients, particularly antioxidants, that support the immune system, reduce inflammation, stimulate natural detoxifying enzymes, help prevent cancers and heart disease, and protect your cells from damage and skin from ageing.

This vitamin also helps maintain cell membrane integrity and stimulate the immune response.

The nutrients in acai stimulate the immune system, making your body stronger while fighting off colds, flu, and bacteria; Acai also contains imressive doses of omega - 3, omega - 6 and omega - 9 fatty acids to regulate hormone production and cell regeneration.

In addition, it also aids in increasing white blood cells by stimulating your immune system.

Cancer cells which arise due to genetic mutations are just such cells, and there are studies which suggest that microchimeric cells may stimulate the immune system to stem the growth of tumors.

Without the regulatory influence of PD - 1, the over activated and over stimulated T cells result in disruption of a crucial balance between different T cell types that leads to an overall greatly reduced immune response.

The so - called STEP trial, sponsored by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. and the federally funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), was the first to test the idea of stimulating the immune system's killer T cells to hunt for the virus more aggressively, in this case using a weakened form of the cold virus to carry three genes from HIV.

Stimulating the immune system to destroy tumor cells has long been a hope — but judging from past studies, perhaps a dashed one.

Ultimately, the team hopes to inject BMP - 7 directly into the pancreas to stimulate the creation of new beta cells, allied with a small amount of immunosuppressive drugs to stop the new insulin factories being destroyed by the immune system.

On encountering the TB bacillus, receptors on immune - system scavenger cells known as macrophages stimulate the conversion of circulating vitamin D to its active form, which produces a peptide that destroys the bacillus.

Others include transplanting so - called Schwann cells from peripheral nerves, using growth factors to stimulate nerve growth, and boosting the immune system in the damaged area (New Scientist magazine, 14 August 1999, p 36).

«We already know how to stimulate the immune system to make CD8 T cells by vaccination.

According to Dr. Cripe, the study suggests that some patients could respond to therapy even if their tumors aren't very infectable by the virus, provided their immune systems were stimulated by the viral therapy to attack the tumor cells.

Further analysis of the genes that had been stimulated in the responders revealed that they were involved in immune cell function relevant to the inflammatory disease process in RA.

This «wound - healing» aspect of the immune response stimulates growth of new cells within damaged tissue and brings extra nutrients and oxygen into the injured tissue.

They believe it stimulates dendritic cells, the «sentinels» of the immune system.

The mouse model could also contribute to the further development of immunotherapies — a method in which the body's immune system is stimulated, so that it intensifies its fight against tumor cells.

This protective effect seems to suggest that infections earlier in life may stimulate the immune system to deal with future infections and cancerous cells more efficiently, say the British researchers who made the discovery.

Sargramostim is a form of GM - CSF (granulocyte - macrophage colony - stimulating factor), a natural protein that spurs the growth of white blood cells in the immune system.

This biosynthetic hybrid stimulates the development of weak T regs into killer T cells that destroy the immune cells directing the autoimmune attack.

They found that indeed, they do, and that stimulating these cells led them to kill cells infected with HIV - 1 derived from latently infected cells, both in culture and in mice engineered to have a human immune system.

Immunization is intended to stimulate the immune system to detect and fight cancer cells.

Significantly, the vaccines were able to stimulate both arms of the immune system — a T cell response and an antibody response.

Once the particles get into cells, the RNA is translated into proteins that are released and stimulate the immune system.

The gene activity also pointed to a role for immune cells such as neutrophils, which launch a full - fledged inflammatory reaction, including the release of molecules that stimulate contractions of the uterus.

But mounting evidence implicates the immune system in the overproduction of cell - signalling molecules called cytokines, which stimulate skin cells called keratinocytes to express genes that maintain an inflammatory microenvironment.

But tumor cells can also stimulate these receptors, preventing the immune system from attacking them.

«This is the first time anybody has used optogenetic techniques to stimulate the immune system, much less to fight cancer cells,» said study author Gang Han, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology at UMass Medical School.

The researchers hypothesize that guanabenz stimulates a protective cascade — because fewer oligodendrocytes die, less immune cells are recruited to the brain, which results in a decreased inflammatory response and preservation of myelin levels.

«We demonstrated that delivery of a therapeutic immune - stimulating cytokine caused T - cells to traffic to tumors and to become activated tumor - killing cells,» Maker said.

Until now, most researchers have focused on one of two strategies: attacking tumors with antibodies, which activate the innate immune system, or stimulating T cells, which form the backbone of the adaptive immune system.

The findings upend the long - held scientific belief that only cells, known specifically as dendritic cells, infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis could stimulate a broader, defensive immune system attack of the invading microorganism.

«Gut flora keeps us all healthy by helping the immune system develop, and by stimulating a group of immune cells that keep bacteria in check,» said senior author Barton F. Haynes, M.D., director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.

They also filled the tablet with GMC - SF (granulocyte macrophage colony - stimulating factor), an inflammatory protein known to attract immune cells.

In an article published in the January issue of Cancer Cell, the researchers describe how a new type of immunotherapy drug targeting the protein TIM - 3 works to stimulate the immune system.

In a new paper, Brown University researchers show one: proliferation helps change the NK cells» function from stimulating the immune response to calming it down, lest it get out of hand.

But if bacteria reach these cells, they can stimulate the immune system and cause inflammation.

And when they pre-treated immune cells from vaccinated major allele carriers with a molecule that inhibits the receptor that is normally stimulated by IL - 28B, they saw a stronger antibody response after the cells were stimulated with influenza vaccine.

Looking forward, Gimi's work will focus on using these microencapsulated cells to stimulate the immune system to act against tumors, as well as activating drug synthesis.