Sentences with phrase «trigger immune attacks»

Infections can trigger immune attacks on kids» brains, provoking devastating psychiatric disorders.

There was another intriguing connection: Acinetobacter are molecular mimics of proteins found in myelin, the nerve cell coating that the immune system attacks in MS.. That suggests the bacteria might trigger immune attacks that hit myelin, too, as when soldiers who inadvertently resemble the enemy get hit by friendly fire.

«Blood clotting protein triggers immune attack on brain: Disruption of the blood - brain barrier triggers a cascade of events that results in autoimmunity, brain damage characteristic of multiple sclerosis.»

But no «autoantigens» — the proteins triggering an immune attack — have been linked to JIA.

«Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack: Advance may open new pathways for cancer immunotherapy.»

Not exact matches

Unlike other autoimmune diseases, however, doctors know the trigger for coeliac disease: gluten, which provokes an immune response that causes the body to attack itself.

Undigested gluten triggers the immune system to attack the lining of the small intestine, causing damage to the intestinal wall.

This means that in those with the condition the immune system is mistakenly triggered by a substance to produce antibodies and to attack parts of their own body.

In patients with celiac disease, the presence of the protein gluten from wheat, barley or rye triggers an immune system attack, damaging the villi in the small intestine.

An immune response, triggered by foreign neural stem cells, could actually help attack tumors, says Evan Snyder, a stem cell biologist at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in San Diego, California, and one of the early pioneers of the idea of using stem cells to attack tumors.

Many new drugs trigger an immune reaction that cripples them — and the race is on to thwart the attack

CRH, in turn, triggered production of the cell surface protein FasL; trophoblasts expressing FasL then form a protective shield of sorts around the embryo by forcing any attacking immune cells to self - destruct.

The four children also had more of the types of species that are known to trigger gut inflammation, a possible prelude to type - 1 diabetes, in which the body's immune system mistakenly produces antibodies that attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that normally make insulin.

In GVHD, donor cells trigger an immune response that attacks normal tissues, leading to a chain reaction of cellular and molecular responses that increase morbidity and mortality in these patients.

Although nanoparticles aren't particularly toxic, in large quantities they can trigger the body's immune system to attack them, causing allergic reactions.

Antril is meant to block the action of interleukin - 1, a messenger protein or «cytokine» which triggers immune responses when the body is attacked by microorganisms.

Most teenagers have run - ins with their mothers, but little do they know that they already weathered a potentially fatal conflict within the womb: developing as essentially foreign tissue without triggering a hostile immune attack.

The answer is complicated, he adds, but much of it involves a delicate balancing act among elements of the immune system: while immunity protects us against disease, an overly aggressive immune response may trigger dangerous, even life - threatening, autoimmune reactions in which the body attacks itself.

DNA being in the wrong place alerts the immune system, triggering it to attack cancer cells.

The same autoimmune response that triggered the disease would likely attack new β cells derived from the patient's own iPS cells, and a normal immune response would destroy ES - derived β cells, which would appear foreign.

Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body's immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease.

Instead of protecting the tumor, the TAMs now signaled the presence of the tumor to the immune system, triggering attacks against it — and did so very efficiently.

Your immune response to the virus can trigger a crisis such as a heart attack or even spiral out of control and kill you.

Malik Peiris of the University of Hong Kong found that antibodies to a vaccine made from the main surface protein of SARS allow the virus to enter immune cells, where they can trigger a destructive immune attack on the lung.

The researchers showed that the iPS cell teratomas expressed high levels of certain genes that could trigger immune cells to attack.

An unpredictable disease that disrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body, MS is triggered when the immune system attacks the myelin sheath, the protective covering around the axons of nerve fibers.

Cross-protection could occur in part because related viruses share many molecular parts that trigger immune cells to attack, says Anne S. De Groot of Brown University and the company EpiVax, both in Providence, R.I.

This paper showcased research results from the new DNA - based Zika vaccine that is based on synthetic DNA and gives instructions to the body's immune system to produce antibodies to attack Zika antigens (i.e. bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances that trigger immune responses from the body.)

In different contexts, viruses appear capable of attacking tumors in a number of different ways — by directly infecting them, by releasing tumor proteins that trigger a broad immune response against the cancer, and by damaging the blood supply tumors need to survive.

In an NIH - funded study, an experimental vaccine triggered a lasting immune attack in monkeys that eliminated all traces of SIV infection after a year or more.

It's not known what triggers the immune system to attack the embryonic stem cells, but the scientists believe it may be a protein that begins to appear on the surface of the cells as they differentiate into more - specialized tissues.

In patients with antibiotic - refractory Lyme arthritis, there is mounting evidence that Lyme infection triggers an abnormal immune response, which in turn attacks the tissues of the joints, even after B. burgdorferi has been cleared by antibiotics.

Autoantigens trigger the immune system to produce antibodies that attack the body's own components, resulting in autoimmune disease.

That means the human immune system might recognise it as foreign and try to attack it, triggering a dangerous immune reaction.

Antibodies are proteins that the body's immune system makes to fight a germ or to trigger another type of immune attack.

They can attack cancer cells directly, or they can be used to trigger an immune response against the tumor (so - called cancer immunotherapy).

One study found that exposure to chronic stress actually changes the activity of the genes of immune cells — making them more likely to attack the body's own tissue and trigger an autoimmune response.

In celiac disease, eating gluten triggers the immune system to attack the small intestine.

Both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are autoimmune diseases, meaning they result when your immune system attacks your body, triggering inflammation.

The immune system is responsible for protecting the body from various foreign viruses and bacteria, but an asthmatics» immune system perceives certain substances and allergens as big threats and activates an exaggerated response, thus triggering an asthma attack.

Many healthcare practitioners report there is frequently a hidden infection that either precedes or seems to trigger an initial autoimmune attack, or subsequently appears when the immune system is weakened once autoimmunity is activated.

The immune system attacks these compounds, triggering inflammation that, when constant, turns into chronic health disorders.

Coeliac disease is caused when the gluten protein found in foods derived from wheat, barley, oats and rye trigger the immune system to attack the delicate lining of the small intestine that absorbs nutrients and vitamins.

In celiac disease, meanwhile, your immune system doesn't mount a direct attack against gluten; instead, gluten ingestion triggers your immune system to attack your own tissue, in the form of your intestinal lining.

This can trigger many different inflammatory disorders and autoimmune disease, a disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys body tissue.

When the percentage of B. wadsworthia is higher than it should be it triggers an immune response, causing the body to attack the bowels.

Antibodies themselves are highly specific proteins which are utilised by the immune system to locate and attack foreign objects to fight off the molecules, as they are perceived as «antigens», and antigens are substances which are capable of triggering the production of antibodies.

Should any of these nasties make their way through the gut barrier, our gut associated immune system is triggered and attacks any foreign substance it does not recognize.

APS (also known as astragalus polysaccharide) has been shown to activate the immune system by enhancing the transformation of T lymphocytes (a sub-type of white blood cells, crucial in the regulation of immune responses), as well as the activation of B lymphocytes (which produce antibodies that are used to attack invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins) and dendritic cells, which trigger immune reactions to toxins.

Stress, anger, and fear trigger an inflammatory immune response that can rage on for weeks, flaring attacks against your thyroid and sending inflammation coursing through your body and brain.