tumour cell
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftumourandcell
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tumour
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʃuː.mər/us/ˈtuː.mɚ/
a mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk/sel/us/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition oftumourandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Similarly, in the three patients receiving human serum albumin, no significanttumourcellreduction was observed.
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For example, varioustumourcelllines exhibit differences in the number, size and shape of their mitochondria relative to normal controls.
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The vector must be capable of mediating re l a t i v e l y short-term gene expression in the explantedtumourcell.
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Oxygen could be representative of any nutrient or nutrients in general necessary fortumourcellsurvival.
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They also have an intact immune system and thetumourcellchallenge and stromal cells are of the same species.
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Properties of both thetumourcelland the skeleton determine the likelihood that any particular tumour will metastasise to bone.
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These triggers induce death of thetumourcellthrough apoptosis (fig002mtm).
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This model could be used to study how glioblastoma tumour cells co-opt the host stromal cells to enhancetumourcellgrowth, survival, and invasion.
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Thus, (2.15) states that the rate of increase of the tumour volume is equal to the nettumourcellproliferation rate.
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This scheme functions effectively if the antigen is a soluble molecule or is released from the degraded and/or dyingtumourcell.
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Therefore, the host immune system can play the dual role oftumourcellelimination andtumourcellgrowth promotion.
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A viral vector encoding an enzyme that can convert an inactive prodrug to a cytotoxic metabolite infects thetumourcell.
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However, these models do allow the direct investigation of humantumourcellresponses to therapeutic strategies in vivo.
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A transient increase in oxygenation may promotetumourcellproliferation, which would render tumours more sensitive to chemotherapeutic drugs.
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Alternatively,tumourcelldeath may not result in a significant change in size as tumours contain non-tumour cells such as fibrosis and inflammatory cells.
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