Collocations withcell
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abnormal cell
Mosaicism could arise through several mechanisms including abnormal cell divisions (mitotic non-disjunction or anaphase lag), failure of cytokinesis or endoreduplication.
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adherent cell
However, it could be due to spreading of adherent cells.
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adjacent cell
The larger adjacent cell of monocyte nuclear size does not show any proacrosin immunoreactivity.
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adult cell
To this end, in the second experiment, fetal and adult cell types were tested.
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animal cell
The use of expression vectors that target the production of rc-proteins in the milk of transgenic animals is an alternative to microorganisms or animal cell production systems.
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apoptotic cell
Protection of porcine oocytes against apoptotic cell death caused by oxidative stress during in vitro maturation: role of cumulus cells.
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bacterial cell
Scraping reduced diatom and bacterial cell densities on the dishes to <1% of original cell densities.
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basal cell
The upper trichome basal cell will differentiate into a heterocyst.
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beta cell
They stimulate insulin release by binding to specific receptors on the pancreatic beta cell.
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body cells
The spirochaete stage occurs in the coelomic fluid of the tick, but not within its body cells.
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bone cell
The process of increased bone cell turnover itself does not usually cause complaints.
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bone marrow cells
One possibility i s that the synovial membrane is gradually repopulated with immature mesenchymal and bone marrow cells with altered properties.
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brain cell
The molecular mechanisms of this process are not yet fully understood, but we are beginning to get some idea of the myriad processes that combine to cause brain cell death.
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cancer cell
They then tested this result in vivo by transplanting poorly invasive breast cancer cell lines into the cleared mammary fat pad of immune-deficient mice.
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cancerous cell
Interestingly, several epigenetic factors involved in cancerous cell growth changed greatly after fertilization.
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cell apoptosis
At what stage is germ cell apoptosis maximum?
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cell battery
The consignment was found to include one aerosol can with free liquid, and a dry cell battery.
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cell carcinoma
Malignant change such as the development of squamous cell carcinoma is common.
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cell culture
To avoid passage in cell culture and the possible selection of atypical populations, the virus isolates were not plaque purified in cell culture.
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cell cycle
Our results suggest that these metabolites are involved in diverse signalling pathways such as calcium release and cell cycle signalling.
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cell damage
When intertial cavitation occurs, a new process with serious potential for cell damage is introduced.
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cell division
They did not show any migration, but underwent active cell division inside the inoculation spot.
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cell fate
In the trunk region, several signaling pathways and transcription factors have been implicated in cell fate decisions of neural crest.
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cell formation
In anorganic nature, the process of crystal formation falls under this higher concept, and this process is therefore the next analogue to cell formation.
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cell function
Additionally, it is possible that follicular fluid could enhance or stimulate granulosa cell function, because it is the physiological fluid found within the follicle.
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cell gene
The bestknown example is probably that of the sickle cell gene.
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cell growth
Cells are seeded into an environmental chamber and cell growth and metabolism can be monitored using intracellular fluorescent molecular probes.
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cell layer
The left side of the graph is closest to the ganglion cell layer and the right side is closest to the inner nuclear layer.
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cell lineage
This novel function for peripheral astroglia indicates that this cell lineage might represent an important new disease target in permeability disorders.
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cell organelles
That is, the changes may simply represent a state of stress in a parasite that stems from the disruption of such fundamental cell organelles.
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cell proliferation
Sustained addition of the oligonucleotide during three consecutive days resulted in complete inhibition of cell proliferation.
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cell signal
This could be a subtle way of creating specificity with a nonspecific cell signal.
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cell staining
Overlays were composed of the same optical section sequentially scanned for the cell staining and then the receptor labeling.
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cell surface
Identification of cell surface molecules that interact with pseudorabies virus.
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cell transplantation
Until now, most studies on stem cell transplantation have focused on the transplant procedure itself.
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cell turnover
Try a treatment moisturiser or serum to encourage cell turnover and to keep skin fresh and youngerlooking.
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cell volume
Blood volume was derived from red cell volume and haematocrit values.
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cultured cell
Another reason is that replacement test evaluations generally involve correlating some response in a cultured cell with some other measure in vivo.
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damaged cell
When used alone, the green stain generally labels all bacteria, including those with intact or damaged cell membranes.
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dead cell
In imbibitionally damaged lettuce embryos, the swelling inner tissues led to a strain that caused the outer, dead cell layers to break up into patches.
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dendritic cell
In addition, the effect of galectin-9 on dendritic cell maturation is only slightly inhibited by lactose.
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donor cell
Oocytes from same monkey may be injected into different type of donor cell after enucleation.
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dying cell
Cells surrounding the dying cell expel this cell into the lumen prior to caspase-3 activation and migrate towards each other to maintain gland integrity.
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egg cell
As the functional megaspore, the megagametophyte is genetically identical to the egg cell.
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embryo cell
The regulation in the elongation changes associated with the early embryo cell divisions is discussed in the light of the physiological fluctuations in polyamine concentrations.
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embryonic cell
Production of cloned lambs from an established embryonic cell line: a comparison between in vivo- and in vitro-matured cytoplasts.
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endothelial cell
One hypothesis predicts that the basic defect in haemangiomas is a genetic mutation of the endothelial cell, or its progenitor.
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epidermal cell
There is no differentiation in epidermal cell structure between the veins and the intercostal areas.
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epithelial cell
The basal lamina of the epithelial cell is thick and convoluted and has no basal labyrinth.
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eukaryotic cell
These data show that early eukaryotic cells are a composite association of a eukaryotic cell with living bacteria, but lack classical organelles such as mitochondria.
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fat cell
Low levels of laser energy disrupt the fat cell membranes, releasing intra-cellular fat.
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fetal cell
Trophoblasts would seem ideal targets for fetal cell sorting efforts because of their abundance at the fetal-maternal interface.
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fibroblast cell
Following enucleation one fetal fibroblast cell was transferred into each enucleated oocyte.
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follicle cell
At this time the oocyte surface exhibits deep crypts where the macrovilli enter, thus increasing the follicle cell-oocyte junctions.
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fuel cell vehicle
Therefore, a fuel cell vehicle designer's tasks will start with the setting up of the routine designer and not its components.
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ganglion cell
First, considering ganglion cell design, it is desirable for the individual ribbon synapses to release relatively few quanta.
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giant cell
However, homozygous mutation of some genes produces subtle placental phenotypes like increased giant cell population.
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glial cell
In electron micrographs, the cross sections of many neurites are seen to be completely within a profile belonging to a glial cell.
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glioma cell
In addition, these results have implications for glioma therapy, and we are examining this in primary human glioma cells.
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grid cell
For each grid cell, the difference in values over two consecutive months is calculated, then squared, and then these values are summed for all cells.
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hair cell
We know a lot about the early auditory processing from outer ear to hair cell.
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hematopoietic cell
Human acute myeloid leukemia is organized as a hierarchy that originates from a primitive hematopoietic cell.
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holding cell
The two women spend a night together in a holding cell, where they finally bond.
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host cell
The mechanism of host cell reorganization is unknown.
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human cell
Like experience and memory of past generations are encoded in the human cell, a people's history lives in the word.
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immune cell
Topical and intralesional corticosteroids work in this way to reduce immune cell activity in and around the affected hair follicles.
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individual cell
It was not possible for hosts to leave the landscape during the simulation, although they could return to an individual cell multiple times.
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infected cell
The gene expression profile of the infected cell is different.
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inflammatory cell
Neutrophils are the most abundant inflammatory cell in the early stages of wound healing.
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inner cell
Pluripotency of cultured rabbit inner cell mass cells detected by isozyme analysis and eye pigmentation of fetuses following injection into blastocysts or morulae.
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intestinal cell
Post-integrin-mediated events involved in the regulation of intestinal cell function also need t o be better defined.
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islet cell
There have been numerous clinical trials of human islet cell allotransplantation at various centres worldwide.
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isolation cell
In 2009, he was reported to be in deteriorating health while held in an isolation cell.
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jail cell
The stocks, for example, were usually located in front of the town hall, and a jail cell inside served to imprison disobedient burghers.
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liver cell
However, if the liver is damaged, the liver cell (hepatocyte) membrane becomes more permeable and some of the enzymes leak out into the blood circulation.
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living cell
Earth's magnetic field is essential to the life of every living cell.
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load cell
Between the brush head and the shaft they fitted a strain gauge load cell, which measured the horizontal and vertical force the sweeper was applying.
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malignant cell
Neurostatin inhibitory activity might be important in biological processes during brain development and in limiting malignant cell growth.
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mammalian cell
Mammalian cell death proteases: a family of highly conserved aspartate specific cysteine proteins.
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mature cell
As the only mature cell type in the brain exhibiting significant mitotic activity, microglia might be subject to replicative senescence.
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melanoma cell
This mechanism for - and -tocotrienol was also observed in separate prostate cancer and melanoma cell line studies.
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mesenchymal cell
Mammary lines begin to shorten and ectodermal cells begin to divide and grow into the mesenchymal cell layer.
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mononuclear cells
This phase is later replaced by a more sustained influx of mononuclear cells.
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mouse cells
However, the possible contamination by ingested mouse cells cannot be ruled out, although vomiting of the worms was induced prior to microscopic preparation.
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muscle cell
Each point indicates an individual muscle cell recording.
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myeloid cell
On the other hand, when there is abnormal differentiation of cells of myeloid cell line, it is referred to as myelodysplastic.
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neural cell
We have been studying the potential influence of cytokine signalling upon neural cell responses in central demyelinating disease in order to develop novel therapeutic approaches.
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neuron cell
The aetiology is likely to be multifactoral, involving interplay of several mechanisms to initiate disease and propagate the spread of motor neuron cell death.
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neuronal cell
During nervous system development many neurons are destroyed through apoptosis as a means of reducing neuronal cell numbers.
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non-small cell lung cancer
Chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer a meta-analysis using updated data on individual patients from 52 randomised clinical trials.
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normal cell
They are, in fact, dynamic structures capable of assembling and disassembling during normal cell cycles and, consequently, making and breaking interactions with other cellular components.
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outer cell
Note the very thick outer cell wall of the endosperm.
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photoreceptor cell
At 7 days photoreceptor cell death has slowed.
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pigment cell
Humans have only one class of pigment cell, the mammalian equivalent of melanophores, to generate skin, hair, and eye colour.
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precursor cell
These 80-100 pyramidal neurons are thought to have originated from a common precursor cell during neurogenesis in the second and third trimesters.
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prison cell
They did indeed know each other, having shared a prison cell ten years earlier after both being convicted of duelling.
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progenitor cell
Recent evidence suggests that haemangiomas originate from the clonal expansion of a progenitor cell.
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receptor cell
However, the receptor-independent process involves the diffusion of bitter, amphiphilic chemicals like quinine across the taste receptor cell membranes.
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renal cell
Renal cell carcinoma does not generally respond to chemotherapy or radiation.
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retinal cell
The second event occurs somatically in both cases and leads to tumour formation from each doubly defective retinal cell.
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sickle cell disease
It is important that infants affected by sickle cell disease are identified at an early stage so that they can receive appropriate treatment.
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single cell
Consider the package consisting of a single cell.
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skin cell
We are, after all, talking about a skin cell that has simply lost its programming as skin tissue.
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somatic cell
Effect of glycosaminoglycans on the preimplantation development of embryos derived from in vitro fertilization and somatic cell nuclear transfer.
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specialized cell
So, generator functions can hardly be crucial for the localization and timing of functionally specialized cell assemblies.
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spindle cell
In summary, the evaluation of spindle cell lesions by core needle biopsy can be challenging, especially when they are composed purely of spindle cell elements.
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squamous cell
The majority of squamous cell carcinomas derived from the upper aerodigestive tract, as well as some cervical carcinomas, did indeed show loss of expression.
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stem cell research
With this issue there are also, however, political reasons to have a law on stem cell research.
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stem cell transplant
A challenge in responding to such requests is in determining the comparative benefits and risks of different stem cell transplant methods.
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stromal cell
For these experiments we measured the ability of stromal cell feeder layers to support haematopoiesis.
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tissue cells
Histolytic enzymes present in the secretion will break down host tissue cells around the mouth.
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trophoblast cells
Extraction and identification of trophoblast cells circulating in peripheral blood during pregnancy.
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tumour cell
Similarly, in the three patients receiving human serum albumin, no significant tumour cell reduction was observed.
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type of cell
For these reasons, we doubt the value of this type of cell research for ageing.
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white cell
Others may present with bleeding and/or infection, if there is an accompanying platelet and/or white cell abnormality.
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yeast cell
The target yeast cell is located in the center.
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