Sentences with phrase «tumor cell growth»

The fat stored in your body can produce estrogen (which can also lead to breast cancer) or proteins that cause inflammation and insulin resistance, resulting in tumor cell growth.

In humans, this mutation hyper - activates tumor cell growth, telling cancer cells to grow continuously.

Damage occurs when metastatic tumor cells recruit pre-osteoclast cells to the bone and then induce their differentiation into mature bone - degrading cells, which results in the release of proteins from the bone matrix that promote tumor cell growth.

Apple extracts also contain bioactive compounds that inhibit tumor cell growth in vitro.

These differences indicate that these mutated genes replace functions normally provided by the HPV oncogenes in regulating tumor cell growth.

The recently discovered protein NUDT5 is now presented as a candidate target for development of breast cancer treatment after being demonstrated to stop breast tumor cell growth in laboratory experiments.

However, in 2010, Blenis, with Vander Heiden, Cantley and colleagues, found that interfering with how cells metabolize glutamine can limit tumor cell growth and survival.

The compound then was tested in an experimental model for melanoma and found to significantly inhibit tumor cell growth without appreciable toxicities.

A few years ago, Manalis and colleagues set out to adapt this technique to predict how cancer drugs affect tumor cell growth.

«Mathematical modeling can identify ways to limit aggressive tumor cell growth.»

The two most widely used drugs to treat colorectal cancer act to either inhibit enzyme activity of cancer cells or arrest tumor cell growth.

Zhang's laboratory now seeks to understand the mechanisms of the tissue - environment influence, opening the possibility that the environment could be altered in a way that fights cancer by preventing tumor cell growth.

«In the Darwinian struggle, there are — from the tumor's point of view — few beneficial mutations, meaning changes that give tumor cells a growth advantage.»

According to Sabatini, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor of biology at MIT, this pathway is hyperactive in an estimated 50 - 80 % of cancers, driving tumor cell growth and proliferation.

Research has also found that clinoptilolite demonstrates an antiproliferative effect on tumor cell growth in mice (7), can stimulate the immune system, and act as an antioxidant (7,8).

Contained in the juice of a pineapple are two digestive enzymes which help thin the blood in a fashion similar to the drugs aspirin and Coumadin, helps reduce pain and inflammation, and may help slow tumor cell growth.

In a recent study, senior author and Yale pathology professor Wang Min demonstrated that the tumors release substances called cytokines to attract macrophages, which then secrete growth factors that promote tumor cell growth and proliferation.

These differences indicate that these mutated genes replace functions normally provided by the HPV cancer genes in regulating tumor cell growth.

A new study shows that stable microvasculature constitutes a dormant niche for disseminated breast cancer cells, whereas a sprouting neovasculature (green points) promotes breast tumor cell growth.

The study also highlighted how Reishi takes action to assist in inhibiting tumor cell growth.

In a study published online by the journal Cell, the scientists used a specially crafted compound to disrupt the protein's ability to rev up its own production and that of other proteins involved in tumor cell growth.

The target of the new drug is an enzyme in cancer stem cells and tumor cells called Polo - like kinase 4, which was selected because blocking it negatively affects cell fate decisions associated with cancer stem cell renewal and tumor cell growth, thus stopping tumor growth.

Tumor cells growth and survival time with the ketogenic diet in animal models: A systematic review.

Barnard, R. James, et al «Effect of a Low - Fat, High - Fiber Diet and Exercise Intervention on Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Tumor Cell Growth & Apoptosis».