Sentences with phrase «target organs damage»

Thus, repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage.

A recent observational study investigating sex differences in target organ damage, in insulin - resistant patients, demonstrated increased vascular and renal damage in women, who had increased intima - media thickness progression, higher numbers of vascular plaques, and reduced pulse wave velocity compared with men (321).

Gender differences in the progression of target organ damage in patients with increased insulin resistance: the LOD - DIABETES study

According to some sources, prolonged / repeated exposure can cause target organ damage.

It continued: «screening is not done systematically, and the diagnosis is often made at a late stage when target organ damage has already happened».

Not exact matches

Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered a protective response in the organ that might be targeted to help treat alcoholic liver disease.

We performed histological examination of GVHD target organs (liver, lung, small intestine, and colon) and the tongue, which served as a surrogate for skin damage (37), 4 wk after transplantation.

These syndromes include conditions in which autoimmunity is clearly implicated as causal, in light of identification of autoantibodies to relevant autoantigens; diseases suspected to be autoimmune because of the presence of autoantibodies, although the autoreactive response has not been proven to be pathogenic and could be a consequence or marker of tissue damage; and other diseases often considered to be «autoimmune,» such as psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease, characterized by organ - targeted inflammation but without evidence of a stimulating autoantigen.

Therapy using live cells is increasingly used to replace damaged tissue, deliver gene therapies to target tissues and organs, and stimulate self - healing along with a number of other applications.