Sentence examples for somehow disrupted from inspiring English sources

If that Lactobacillus population is somehow disrupted, foreign bacteria can colonize the vagina and cause inflammation in the cervix that can trigger premature birth, Bennett says.

Since POM4, 10 and 19 do not bind human but only mouse PrP, their epitope must be somehow disrupted in human PrP-structure, possibly through 201 225, its C-terminal counterpart.

The vacuolar compartment is somehow disrupted if the pollination is incompatible, releasing S-RNases into the cytoplasm of the self pollen tube, where they exert their cytotoxic activity leading to the inhibition of pollen tube growth [16].

Thus, the regulation of RARα1 by apo-ER is somehow disrupted in these cells; this finding further supports the conclusion that regulation of RARα1 underlies the effect of apo-ER on cell cycling.

We hypothesize that continued cell sheet contraction is via an intermediate filament mechanism which is unaffected by blebbistatin, but the cell sheet cohesion component that relies on actin is somehow disrupted by blebbistatin's action, resulting in reduced cohesion as the cells try to contract with reduced cell-cell junctional reinforcement.

Some scientists over the years have speculated that high-fructose corn syrup may contribute to obesity by somehow disrupting normal metabolic function, but the research has been inconclusive.

Reading between the lines, he seems to have been the Jedward or Wagner of the series, the so-bad-they're-good act that audiences keep supporting, under the adorable misconception that their lucrative phone votes are somehow disrupting the best-laid plans of the show bosses.

The only risk in Johnson & Johnson's purchase of Guidant is execution that J&J will somehow disrupt Guidant's already brisk business.

Scientists aren't sure what causes testicle cancer, but one controversial hypothesis suggests that exposure to estrogenlike compounds in the womb can somehow disrupt a male embryo's hormonal balance and lead to testicular cancer and reduced fertility later in life.

These data indicate that deletion of the IFN-γ response somehow disrupts an endogenous protective mechanism against CIA.

If we instead assume vampire bats can discriminate among kin, but do not exhibit reciprocity, then it is difficult to explain why reciprocal help, but not kinship, predicts food sharing under captive conditions unless long-term captivity somehow disrupts natural kin discrimination behavior.