Meanings of causative role in English

Its causative role in ischaemic stroke is still a matter of debate.

Finally, the causative role of "BBB leakage" remains a largely unresolved issue.

Together, these findings strongly suggest a causative role of bromocriptine.

Oxidative stress plays a causative role in the development of hepatic fibrosis and apoptosis.

Oxidative stress is thought to play a causative role in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases.

Our results establish a causative role for negative regulators of leukocyte migration in chronic inflammation.

A causative role for these receptors in the ethnic variation of leiomyoma biology seems unlikely.

These results strengthen the hypothesis of a causative role of K. oxytoca in some of the patients with AAHC.

These findings suggested that signaling through IL-10R2 may play a causative role in dcSSc.

Since H. pylori infection is treatable, the demonstration of its causative role in pregnancy-related disorders will have important social-economic implications.

An altered gut microbiota with an increase of butyrate and folate plays a causative role in the effects of GMD.

Lp-PLA2 is highly specific for vascular inflammation, has low biological variability, and plays a causative role in atherosclerotic plaque inflammation.

Copy number variations resulting in gain or loss of specific genes involved in development and patterning could play a causative role.

Asbestos and erionite have a proven causative role; the possible role of other mineral fibers in causing mesothelioma is being investigated.

In nonirradiated patients, TERT mutations were more frequent in BCCs of sun-exposed skin, supporting a possible causative role of UV radiation.

It has been proposed that reactive oxygen species play a causative role of gastric mucosal damage induced by increased gastric secretion.