downregulation
Britishnoun
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Furthermore, the researchers examined the effect of Gprc5a downregulation on osteoblast proliferation and differentiation.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
Researchers found that early stage melanomas which are at risk of spreading secrete a growth factor which causes the reduction, or downregulation, of certain proteins in the skin overlying the tumour.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2022
Cohesin loss eliminates all loop domains, leading to links among superenhancers and downregulation of nearby genes.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2017
These drugs reflect another role of cortisol—the downregulation of the immune system, which inhibits the inflammatory response.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Thus, their downregulation, or reduction in response, would allow the content of the limbic systems that process emotion and perhaps sensory cortices to play a relatively more dominant role.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2012
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