factor receptor

collocation in English

meaningsoffactorandreceptor

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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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receptor
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈsep.tər/us
/-tɚ/
a nerve ending that reacts to a change, such as heat or cold, in the body by sending a message to the central ...
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(Definition offactorandreceptorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffactor receptor

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Stimulation of development in vitro by platelet-activatingfactorreceptorligands released by mouse preimplantation embryos.
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Enhanced caveolin-1 tyrosine phosphorylation following aberrant epidermal growthfactorreceptorstatus.
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Cloning and characterization of a functionally distinct corticotropin-releasingfactorreceptorsubtype from rat brain.
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Epidermal growthfactorreceptorpathway analysis identifies amphiregulin as a key factor for cisplatin resistance of human breast cancer cells.
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates the epidermal growthfactorreceptorthrough activation of a tyrosine phosphatase.
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Corticotropin releasingfactorreceptor1-deficient mice display decreased anxiety, impaired stress response, and aberrant neuroendocrine development.
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Cor ticotropin releasingfactorreceptor1-deficient mice display decreased anxiety, impaired stress response, and aberrant neuroendocrine development.
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Cortactin overexpression inhibits ligand-induced down-regulation of the epidermal growthfactorreceptor.
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It is linked to a mutation in the fibroblast growthfactorreceptor-3.
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Also, a death occurred possibly due to epidermal growthfactorreceptortyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment; however, the correlation is not exactly clear.
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Paracrine signalling mediates the response to epidermal growthfactorreceptorkinase inhibitors.
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Achondroplasia is a mutation in the fibroblast growthfactorreceptor3.
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It has several mechanisms of action, being both an agonist for toll-like receptor 7 and 8, and an upregulator of the opioid growthfactorreceptor.
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In the trial, epidermal growthfactorreceptorshowed a rapid response to the inhibitor, as demonstrated by the improvement of the cancer symptoms.
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In each group, improvements were noted after a single week of epidermal growthfactorreceptortyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment.
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Erlotinib, gefitinib and afatinib inhibit tyrosine kinase at the epidermal growthfactorreceptor.
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Gefitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets the epidermal growthfactorreceptor, inducing favorable outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancers.
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