Sentence examples for it is protective from inspiring English sources
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the current vaccine for the treatment of TB, has its limitations; although it is protective against severe childhood TB, it does not satisfactorily prevent the pulmonary disease in adults [ 3].
However, its role remains unclear, whether it is protective or it exacerbates vascular complication.
Oxidative stress can also induce its expression [ 393], and it is protective against it [ 394].
This is especially relevant because transfection with TG2 sensitizes cells to apoptosis when its transamidating activity is switched on, while it is protective when transamidating activity is dormant, as in our mutant TG2 (Tucholski and Johnson 2002; Fesus and Szondy 2005).
It is protective in many of these models and has a different protection profile than any known anticonvulsant.
Seen from a distance it is dramatic; up close it is protective.
Sometimes it's protective — during an infection, cell death might save the healthy cells from disease.
Although the C.I.A. was legally bound to share this kind of information with the bureau, it was protective of sensitive intelligence.
I told him, 'I said it's protective reaction.' He winks, he says, 'Oh, I understand.' " Kissinger: "Yeah, but Laird is pretty vicious".
