Sentence examples for immune system defects from inspiring English sources

Localized immune system defects had been suspected previously in affected dogs because of frequent infections and unexpected deaths due to opportunistic respiratory tract infections.

At Monday's hearing, the scientists were joined by a vocal group of parents of autistic children who say their children's symptoms, including developmental delays, social inhibition and immune system defects, were caused by a toxic accumulation of mercury from vaccines for pertussis, diphtheria, hepatitis B, and measles, mumps and rubella.

The updated annotated tables list a wide selection of mouse mutants with hair growth abnormalities, classified into four categories: Mutations that affect hair follicle (1) morphogenesis, (2) cycling, (3) structure, and (4) mutations that induce extrafollicular events (for example immune system defects) resulting in secondary hair growth abnormalities.

The inciting immune system defects are unknown.

Surprisingly, although XIAP is the most potent caspase inhibitor of the IAPs [6], the phenotype of Xiap knockout mice is very mild [7] and humans harbouring XIAP/BIRC4 mutations have immune system defects due to abnormal NK cell function, but are otherwise normal [8].

A likely candidate for this mechanism is senescence-related immune system defects.

Encountering this situation must remind us an immune system defect and the most common predisposing factor for this defect is the CGD in otherwise normal children, which should be searched.

In summary, we report that nBmp2NLStm mice have an immune system defect that is manifest by decreased ability to clear bacteria from the bloodstream and increased mortality after a secondary systemic bacterial infection.

The long term effects of the exposure to mustard gas are known to include damage to immune system, birth defects and lymphoma [ 62, 63].

In fact, in HIV-negative older subjects, important changes in cellular and humoral components of the immune system including defects in T CD4+ lymphocyte function, have been described [ 26].

For other effects such as changes in the immune system and birth defects, the evidence is limited.