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Intact skin and mucosal barriers are crucial for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis as they protect host tissues from infections, environmental toxins, pollutants and allergens. A defective epithelial barrier has been demonstrated in allergic and autoimmune conditions such as asthma, atopic dermatitis,...
Explain the role of active transport in the living organism. Describe active transport and passive transport. What processes are considered active transport? Describe the difference between active and passive transport. (a) What is the difference between passive transport and active transport? (b) Giv...
Research has indicated that sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is associated with glucose homeostasis and may play a role in the etiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D). While it is unclear whether SHBG may mediate sex differences in glucose control and subsequently, incidence of T2D. We used ...
The mediators and mechanisms of muscle proteolysis in sepsis are not fully known. We investigated the role of corticosterone in increased muscle proteolysis during sepsis in rats. In one series of experiments, plasma corticosterone and total and myofibrillar protein breakdown rates, determined in incubat...
Describe the role of the antidiuretic hormone and aldosterone in the maintenance of blood pressure. Mention the hormones that increase or decrease urine production, and explain the mechanism of action of one of these hormones. Explain the function o...
Explain the biological role of adaptive and innate immunity in vaccination. What diseases and abnormal conditions might a person be more prone to having if an outside chemical immobilized the cilia? Explain the passive insufficiency of a muscle, using a specific example. Corneal tra...
d. Insulin. Which of the following options is correct? All of these hormones play a role in the stress response except: a. cortisol. b. thyroid hormone. c. growth hormone. d. estrogen. What organs react...
This study builds on previously published work by the VCU team that appeared in the November 2011 issue of Hypertension and in the January 2011 issue of the American Journal of Pathology and demonstrated a significant role for neutrophils as causative agents ofhigh blood pressurein preeclampsia. ...