Sentences with phrase «when cystine»

But Tang found that when cystine was removed, the cells swelled up and floated to the surface, a sure sign of necrotic death.

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Duke researchers showed that these renal cancer cells remain healthy when all nutrients are present (left panel), but quickly swell up and die of necrosis when deprived of the amino acid nutrient, cystine (right panel).

Cystine is responsible for maintaining high levels of antioxidants that disarm free radicals of oxygen; so when the researchers got rid of this nutrient, the cancer cells essentially died by their own hand of free radical damage.

Silverstone and Tannenbaum (14) showed that the development of spontaneous hepatomas was enhanced in C3H mice fed a gelatin - containing diet when methionine and cystine were added.

The most common type of canine kidney stone, these are solid masses that form in the kidney when there are elevated levels of calcium, oxalate, cystine, or phosphate along with too little liquid.