Sentences with phrase «system molecule called»

Urumin, an immune system molecule called a peptide, fights off infections and diseases that are similar to the flu (which frogs can't catch).

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Higher animals all seem to contain at least one such society, called a «living person,» present in the body in addition to the cells and molecules of the central nervous system, even though dependent upon them.

Given a system or composite of individuals, all on a comparable level, for instance molecular or cellular, then in some cases, given integration of activities (thus molecules in a cell, or cells in a vertebrate animal), there may be what Leibniz called a «dominant monad» or what Whitehead calls a «society of presiding occasions.»

The molecule in question, known as beta - 2 microglobulin, or B2M, is a component of a larger molecule called MHC I (major histocompatibility complex class I), which plays a major role in the adaptive immune system.

For decades, researchers have suspected that when the immune system molecule CD1a comes in contact with the plants» oily resin, called urushiol, it triggers inflammation.

The technique examines the small molecules, or metabolites, within cells, bio-fluids, tissue, or organisms and their interactions within the larger system, called a metabolome.

The immune system depends on molecules called T cell receptors on the surface of T cells to recognize and respond to foreign antigens from virus - infected cells, tumors and other threats.

The system uses an enzyme called DNA polymerase to read a strand of DNA and build a complementary strand out of nucleotides labeled with fluorescent molecules.

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.

One approach uses an antibody called ipilimumab, which may block a molecule that inhibits the immune system.

The CRISPR system is made up of two components: a protein called Cas9 and a guide RNA, a string of nucleic acid molecules with a certain genetic code.

The virus uses a shield of sugar molecules, called glycans, to hide from the immune system and block antibodies from attacking it.

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.

«Our system is based around a molecule called E-cadherin, which suppresses tumor growth in part by maintaining cells in an epithelial rather than a mesenchymal state,» Tomoki Muramatsu of TMDU says.

«We utilize organic compounds with so - called conjugated double - bond systems, which allow the electrons to circulate freely within the molecule,» Langhals explains.

A new class of drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors block molecules on T cells that shut down immune response, freeing the immune system to attack tumors.

The final ingredient may be reddish organic molecules called tholins, found on Pluto and other cold or icy bodies in the solar system.

The team, led by physical chemist Christoph Bräuchle of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, customized an existing imaging system, called single - molecule fluorescence spectroscopy, which until now had been used to view chemical reactions.

To see if compounds other than JQ1 can be used as a guidance system for a conjugate, the researchers created a set of molecules that lock the protein - degradation machinery onto a compound called SLF, which targets a protein called FKBP12.

It involves adding all reagents in a single reaction: CRISPR - Cas12a and its RNA targeting sequence (guide RNA), fluorescent reporter molecule and an isothermal amplification system called recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), which is similar to polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Next, the researchers designed molecules called ligands to act as delivery vehicles for copper into neuronal cells, an essential step in translating the therapeutic action of copper to biological systems.

In this system, the DNA strand, with its genes, is coiled around molecules known as histones, which themselves are assembled into larger entities called nucleosomes.

In quantum mechanics, a technique called the variational approach can be used to approximate the energy states of quantum systems, like molecules, that can't be solved exactly.

This defense system works for Streptococcus pyogenes, using a duplex of two small RNA molecules that contain sections of the virus genome called «clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats» (CRISPR), which carry the memory of a previous attack.

Garrison is interested in a large class of signaling molecules called neuropeptides which are secreted from neurons and transmit messages within the brain and across the nervous system.

The target of «atezo» is a molecule called PD - L1, which some cancer cells make to try to avoid being killed by the immune system.

In 1993, while at the Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Rothman performed the key experiment that has forever linked his work to that of Thomas Südhof and Richard Scheller, by demonstrating that the same molecules that control this process in the nervous system, in the release of signaling molecules called neurotransmitters, are important to vesicle transport and fusion in all cell types.

Then for postdoctoral research I moved to Yale University, where I worked in a lab that looked at all kinds of different disease areas using the approaches of a field called chemical biology, which is using small molecules — chemicals — to probe biological systems in the hopes of developing compounds that could be new drugs.

He will now investigate a set of molecules called TLR agonists that act through receptors on the surfaces of innate immune cells to set off a chain reaction of molecular signaling and activation within the immune system, which includes activation of latently infected CD4 cells.

Under normal conditions, so - called checkpoint inhibitor molecules rein in the immune system to ensure that it does not attack the body's own cells, tissues and organs.

Through his work with large patient groups, he has managed to show that narcolepsy is closely genetically linked to so - called HLA molecules, which play a key part in the immune system by presenting foreign substances to immune cells.

Turns out while you sleep, a plumbing system called the glymphatic system opens up between the brain cells and literally flushes out toxic molecules involved in neurodegenerative disorders.

Simply put antioxidants functions as a defense system in your body, helping to protect or prevent cells damage caused by harmful molecules called — free radicals.

As the drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called androgen receptor which is where the steroid molecules bind.

As the drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called

Once ingested, acrylamide can be detoxified in the body if it is processed through our cytochrome P450 enzyme system and converted into glycidamide, or if it is hooked together with the sulfur - containing, antioxidant molecule called glutathione.

Beta - carotene is also an antioxidant that can boost your immune system by protecting the body from cell damaging molecules called free radicals.

Fat soluble vitamins require special fat molecules called chylomicrons to be absorbed with them into the lymphatic system prior to entering the blood.

What is known is that the immune system creates two key anti-cancer molecules called: interleukin and interferon.

The immune system creates two key molecules called: interleukin and interferon.

Further analysis revealed that microbes (and their fat molecules) normally found in infant guts help to keep inflammation in check and boost the regulatory power of so - called T cells, the worker bees of the immune system.

Your macrophage cells are often called the «scavenger» cells of the immune system and are specifically designed to remove damaging molecules from the body.

It might help you if you had a few concepds in mind too when considering this subject, like «space» is the big energy «sink» with old sol (and the internal heat generating processes (including nuclear) of the earth) as sources... any mechanism that results in a delay of energy leaving earth, such as a «bounce - back» or a re-rad of energy (like back radiation) certainly is going to increase the «energy flux» in the system, and this in any way you want to frame the argument translates to a «higher» energy state, and a higher so - called temperature» (movement in matter, velocity of air molecules or oscillations in certain «resonant molecules) as well.