Sentence examples for contributes to sensitizing from inspiring English sources
Avicin D-induced dephosphorylation of Stat3 and the subsequent inhibition of its transcriptional activity, contributes to sensitizing the cells to apoptosis.
The above results argue in favor of a local release of CGRP in the meninges, where this neuropeptide may contribute to sensitizing local sensory neurons.
We demonstrated for the first time that the knockdown of endogenous BMI-1 expression contributed to sensitizing osteosarcoma cells to the anticancer drug cisplatin by increasing apoptosis.
In this study, we demonstrated for the first time that the knockdown of miR-21 expression by a miR-21 inhibitor contributed to sensitizing human glioma cells to the anticancer drug taxol.
This review summarises some of the current knowledge concerning the role of NFAT signaling in the innate immune response and the recent advances on NFAT-dependent inhibition of NOD1-mediated innate immune response caused by CsA, which may contribute to sensitizing transplant recipients to bacterial infection.
In total, our findings support the general notion that polyglutamine aggregate-formation contributes to neurodegeneration by sensitizing cells to physiologic or environmental stress.
This potent neuromodulator is stored in the terminal branches of Aδ and C fibers where it's release into the joint lowers the activation threshold of nociceptive nerve endings, which is likely to contribute to chronic, sensitized pain responses [ 52].
In addition to sensitizing tumors to XRT, VE-822 profoundly sensitized tumors to gemcitabine-based chemoradiation.
Interestingly, EMT can contribute to fibrotic processes [ 70], and radiation appears to sensitize cells to TGFβ-mediated EMT [ 36].
Similar to the TRPV1 receptor, TRPA1 is known to sensitize sensory neurons after nerve injury and contribute to altered pain sensation in a familial episodic pain syndrome [19].
However, to our knowledge, no study has examined whether changes in muscle transcripts contribute to the insulin sensitizing effect of TZDs in PCOS patients.
