Sentences with phrase «vascular permeability»
Vascular permeability refers to how easily substances can pass through the walls of blood vessels. It means the vessels allow some materials, like water and small molecules, to move in and out more easily, while restricting the movement of larger molecules like blood cells. Full definition
The cysteinyl - containing leukotrienes are potent bronchoconstrictors, increase vascular permeability in postcapillary venules, and stimulate mucus secretion.
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(2006) Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1: Implications for Vascular Permeability in the DBA / 2 Mouse Model of Glaucoma (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 47: ARVO E-Abstract 1272).
Specifically, AGEs cause increased vascular permeability, arterial stiffness, interfering with nitric oxide which blocks dilation of blood vessels, promoting the secretion of cytokines (chemical warfare in the body), oxidizing LDL, and raising oxidative stress (a form of rust in the body).
It also induces the secretion of vascular endothelium growth factor (VEGF), which leads to the increased growth of blood vessels and vascular permeability in inflammation (3).
TNF - treated Ripk1D138N / D138N mice exhibited no significant increases in intestinal or vascular permeability, nor did they activate the clotting cascade.
They found that those opioids enhanced tumor growth, angiogenesis, vascular permeability and metastasis.
Reactions such as constriction of the bronchial tubes, mucus secretion, and increased vascular permeability may occur within minutes.
The increased vascular permeability, along with the vasodilation, is then meant to prepare the way for leukocytes or white blood cells (including neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes) to leak out of the vessels and enter the inflamed tissue for healing.
Swelling of the brain, resulting from increased vascular permeability and the entry of free fatty acids, reduces its circulation and oxygenation; lactic acidemia causes swelling of glial cells.
Papaine also pushes up vascular permeability, the ability of molecules to flow through capillary walls and into the bloodstream; this might be why the immune system targets it with fury.
Hypoproteinemia (osmotic effect), lymphatic blockage, changes in vascular permeability, heart failure, renal disease, iatrogenic overhydration, G. I. disease, neoplasia, drug effects, inhaled toxins, sepsis, inflammation.
The result is disruption of pancreatic membranes, arteriolar dilation, increased vascular permeability, edema, and hemorrhage.