Sentences with phrase «system receptor plays»

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We're just now starting to discover how taste receptors in the upper respiratory tract are used to regulate the immune system against these infections, so defining the underlying mechanisms at play is critical to understanding these illnesses and developing new treatments.»

Activation of these receptors led to a «massive mobilisation» of myeloid - derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), which play a crucial role in lowering the immune system response back down to normal levels (European Journal of Immunology, DOI: 10.1002 / eji.201040667).

Prof. Mandelboim and his research collaborators found that the NKp46 receptor present on Natural Killer or NK cells (an essential part of the immune system) play a critical role in the development of the disease in mice.

• D3 dopamine receptor, which plays a vital role in the central nervous system, affecting our movement, cognition and emotion.

In summary, our results show that serotonin, released by taste buds and activating neural 5 - HT3 receptors, plays a significant but nonessential role in transmission of taste information from the tongue to the nervous system.

Abstract Pentameric channel - receptors, including nicotinic acetylcholine, glycine and GABAA receptors, play a key role in fast excitatory and inhibitory transmission in the nervous system and are the target of numerous therapeutic and addictive drugs.

Michael Croft, Ph.D., and his team focus on a number of molecules that are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, a group of proteins believed to play important roles in the ability of the immune system to guard the body against harmful microorganisms.

These cells often have virus - specific T cell receptors, as well as other surface markers that distinguish them from their youthful counterparts, and they are thought to play a major role in the decline of the immune system with age.

If medical marijuana has done anything, it has been to educate us about our own endocannibinoid system (ECS)-- a system of receptors on cells that play a role in inflammation, appetite, pain, mood, memory, and even cancer prevention.

These receptors are found throughout the central nervous systems of humans and non-human animals, and play an important role in pain pathways.