Sentences with phrase «think endotoxin»

But William Parker at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, doesn't think endotoxin can explain why modern city - dwellers have such overactive immune systems.

Not exact matches

Structural damage to the gut is thought to contribute to this immune activation because of microbial translocation — the leakage of endotoxins and other microbial products across the gastrointestinal barrier and into systemic circulation — but the precise mechanisms driving immune activation, and ways to alleviate among HIV - infected individuals is still not clear.

It may not be the kind of «toxin» most people think of when they hear the word «detox,» but bacterial endotoxin, allergenic proteins, and other irritants that take advantage of a leaky gut wall can do serious damage.

Lastly, MCTs (think coconut oil) protects the liver from endotoxin stress.

In the past, endotoxins were thought to be released in the body only after a bacteria cell dies.

The underlying cause of HGE is unknown, but is thought to be an abnormal response to bacteria, bacterial endotoxins (i.e. salmonella or clostridium), intestinal parasites, or even food allergies.