() A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fibroblasts from WHHL rabbits bound little, if any, human LDL, an apo B-containing lipoprotein, in 4 degrees C equilibrium binding experiments.
(2) 5) The rates of inactivation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, apo-ornithine aminotransferase [EC 2.6.1.13], apo-tyrosine aminotransferase [EC 2.6.1.5], apo-cystathionase [EC 4.4.1.1], glucokinase [EC 2.7.1.2], glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [EC 1.2.1.12], and malate dehydrogenase [EC 1.1.1.37] by the new cathepsin were higher than those by cathepsin B.
(3) Both Apo AI (48%) and Apo AII (5.5%) were greatly diminished and Apo E was present in remarkably high amounts (39%) with two additional isoforms (Apo E'1 and Apo E'2).
(4) This technique also revealed that the apo(a) isoform pattern of aortic homogenate was comparable to the individual serum pattern.
(5) Moreover, a prominent reduction in serum Apo A-1 was found in dialysed diabetic patients.
(6) Overall, there was a significant inverse correlation between apo(a) mRNA size and its concentration in the liver, despite a marked interindividual variability in the relative amounts of similar-sized transcripts.
(7) These findings suggest an increased central pool free cholesterol synthesis in individuals possessing the apo epsilon-4 versus epsilon-2 allele.
(8) There were 412 plasma samples (59.5%) that contained a single band, 274 (39.6%) contained two bands, and only 6 (0.9%) had no detectable apo[a] band.
(9) These variations in apo C-II were closely correlated with the plasma clearance of triglyceride.
(10) The present experiment was conducted to determine if a single direct dopamine (DA) agonist, apomorphine (APO), pretreatment could produce a rapid uncoupling of the striatal DA D-2 receptor from its G-proteins.
(11) The PvuII-CIII and PvuII-AIV polymorphisms were both associated with differences in apo AI levels, explaining 3.7%-5.7% of the sample variance.
(12) The association constant for the complex of melittin with apo-alpha-lactalbumin determined from spectropolarimetric melittin-titration data is 2 X 10(7) M-1.
(13) Metabolic evaluations, which included measurements of fasting blood glucose, insulin, C-peptide, total cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and apolipoproteins (Apo A1, Apo A2 and Apo B), were performed before treatment and every 3rd cycle during the treatment period.
(14) From these results, we conclude that Apo A-II may be effective as a biological marker for alcohol drinking independent of Apo A-I and HDLC, while cigarette smoking may affect Apo B through a certain direct mechanical effect.
(15) When the effect of apo E polymorphism on serum lipid traits was estimated in boys and girls separately, variation at the apo E gene locus explained 10.4, 13.3, 13.3, and 13.5% of the phenotypic variance in serum total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, apo B, and HDL-E levels, respectively, in boys, while in girls only the effect on HDL-E levels (19.3%) reached statistical significance.
(16) The ability to induce apoAI and apoCII and the kinetics with which they respond to low levels of estrogen correlate with levels of nuclear type I estrogen binding sites, while increases in apoE and apoB synthesis in response to high concentrations of hormone correlate with the induction of type II sites.
(17) We have isolated, by anti-LDL affinity chromatography, apo B-containing lipoproteins from homogenates of atherosclerotic plaques excised from the human aorta.
(18) The frequencies of the apo A-IV alleles in this sample were f(A-IV1) = 0.919, f(A-IV2) = 0.077, and f(A-IV3) = 0.004.
(19) Previous studies suggest that during nerve regeneration apoE acts as a lipid transport protein that assists in the rapid initial extension of axons and then in their myelination.
(20) That fraction was distinct from the lipoproteins principally responsible for the increase in apo B and cholesterol levels in those animals.
Ayo
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Others havebeen changing the government-sanctioned message, Asa Ayo (Say yes), to No, thanks.
(2) "We have said it before and we will continue to say it, that there are people in our security agencies that have other loyalties than they have to Nigeria," said Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria .
(3) Ayo Akintola, managing director of Oddbins, refused to comment on whether the company was behind the approach to Naked’s staff.
(4) We showed previously that glomerular mesangial cells displayed increased fibronectin, laminin, and type IV collagen synthesis and mRNA levels when grown in medium containing 30 mM glucose compared with those cells grown in 10 mM glucose [S. H. Ayo, R. A. Radnik, W. F. Glass II, J.
(5) Recently, we reported using a solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique that glomerular mesangial cells, the principal cell type residing in glomerular mesangium, accumulate 50-60% more fibronectin (FN), laminin (LM), and type IV collagen (T-IV) when cultured in medium containing high glucose (30 mM) (S. H. Ayo, R. A. Rodnik, J. Garoni, W. F. Glass II, and J. I. Kreiberg.