progenitor cell

collocation in English

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progenitor
noun[C]
uk
/prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər/us
/proʊˈdʒen.ə.t̬ɚ/
the parent or direct ancestor of a person, animal, ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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Most current models could equally accommodate the markers as representing quiescent stem cells, activated stem cells or even lineage-committed progenitor cells.
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Recent evidence suggests that haemangiomas originate from the clonal expansion of aprogenitorcell.
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The inset diagram shows the migration of a multipotentprogenitorcellalong the hair follicle fate lineage.
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Several recent studies have revealed unexpected effects of other neurotransmitters on neural stem/progenitorcellfunction.
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Comparative cost analysis of autologous peripheral bloodprogenitorcelland bone marrow transplantation in pediatric patients with malignancies.
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Transforming growth factor-b can suppress tumorigenesis through effects on the putative cancer stem or earlyprogenitorcelland committed progeny in a breast cancer xenograft model.
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Isolation and in vitro propagation of tumorigenic breast cancer cells with stem/progenitorcellproperties.
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Neural stem cells reside in this area and divide either symmetrically to produce two stem cells or asymmetrically to produce a stem cell and aprogenitorcell.
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The other daughter cell becomes aprogenitorcellto fill the lost role of the parent cell and maintain proliferation.
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Theprogenitorcellcan then divide and differentiate into a number of retinal cell types, including photoreceptor cells, that may have been damaged during injury.
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Asymmetric division, on the other hand, produces only one stem cell and aprogenitorcellwith limited self-renewal potential.
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The proliferating cells tend to be distinct from differentiated cells ("see stem cell andprogenitorcell").
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Np63 is involved in multiple functions during skin development and in adult stem/progenitorcellregulation.
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Also, the migration of adult neuralprogenitorcelland adult spinal cord progenitor cells to the spine is netrin 1 dependent.
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These cells are presumed to be clonal that is, they are descended from a singleprogenitorcell.
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Male fetal progenitor cells persist in maternal blood for as long as 27 years postpartum.
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