(a.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.
Example Sentences:
(1) Administration of aminonucleoside and daunomycin produced proteinuria but did not cause a decrease in lipid P. Anticollagen and anti-lymphocyte sera that attached to the basement membrane but failed to produce proteinuria, also failed to affect the phospholipid content.
(2) The present results suggest that in addition to sulfated glycosaminoglycan some nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan (hyaluronic acid) may also be present in the glomerular basement membrane.
(3) They had no endocrine-like granules and were not associated with nerves or basement membranes.
(4) However, when beta-xyloside-treated cultures were supplied with exogenous basement membrane, Schwann cells produced numerous myelin segments.
(5) The diffuse reaction product seen in basement membranes of ganglion and nerve may also be artifact.
(6) As an extension of the previous study which indicated that mesoglea is a primitive basement membrane which has retained some characteristics of interstitial extracellular matrix, the present study was undertaken to analyze the role of mesoglea components during head regeneration in Hydra vulgaris.
(7) Electron microscopic examination of all leptomeningeal and meningioma cultures revealed desmosomes and dense tonofilament formation; in addition, granular, filamentous basement membrane-like material was abundant in the extracellular spaces of all cultures.
(8) LV force production is dependent on the coupling of myocytes to the extracellular matrix, which is mediated through the basement membrane.
(9) The authors conclude that certain basement membrane components actively promote fetal intestinal epithelial cell differentiation.
(10) Laminin is a constituent of the basement membrane in both chicken and quail blastoderms.
(11) That these antilaminin antibodies were, at least in part, responsible for the toxicity was indicated 1) by reduced cultured embryo toxicity for six of seven serum samples after pre-absorption with purified laminin, 2) by demonstrating a relationship between the amount of affinity-purified antilaminin IgG added to control serum for culture and the severity of embryo abnormalities seen at the end of culture, and 3) by the sera's failing to react with other basement membrane proteins, including type IV collagen, fibronectin, osteonectin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan.
(12) To study the role of the serum complement system in the early necrosis of acinar cells an acute pancreatitis was produced by injection of basement membrane antibodies into the pancreatic duct of mice and rats.
(13) This enhancement of laminin synthesis corresponds to the mesangial expansion and to the development of laminin-containing spike formations of the glomerular basement membrane at week 8.
(14) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(15) Pathological consequences of these events include inflammatory neutrophil infiltration, damage to the collagen and mucosal basement membrane, increased capillary permeability, edema, cell degeneration and necrosis.
(16) Ultrastructural examination of a tumor with a typical cribriform pattern showed spaces of two types; the more frequent type was bounded by cells with straight plasma membranes and contained filamentous and basement-membrane-like material, and the less frequent type was surrounded by cells with numerous microvilli and contained nonfilamentous homogeneous material.
(17) Laminin, a major component of basement membranes, is known to be present in the internal limiting membrane, and might be involved in the growth of ganglion cell axons.
(18) A case of bullous disease in a child with linear IgA immune deposits at the basement membrane zone and with some clinical, histological, and electron microscopic characteristics both of dermatitis herpetiformis and bullous pemphigoid, is described.
(19) This agrees with previous ultrastructural observations that, in small mammals, neither basement membranes nor large connective tissue spaces are found inside enteric ganglia.
(20) We tested for the distribution of basement membrane (BM) components collagen IV, laminin, heparan sulphate proteoglycan, fibronectin, for S100 protein and for the presence of interstitial collagens III and V. Laminin was generally noted in association with Schwann cells, but collagen IV occurred with perineural cells.
Casement
Definition:
(n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
Example Sentences:
(1) A casement display methodology is used to examine the influence of demographic and medical variables on the outcome variables of interest (psychosocial status and quality of life) and their relationship to age.
(2) In the exploratory studies using the casement plots, the positive relationship between age and quality of life was most strong and significant in married women and in women who had received segmental mastectomy.
(3) The casement plot methodology permits the simultaneous evaluation of multiple variables as a preliminary step before hypothesis development and should be considered when complex clinical problems are being evaluated.
(4) In 1965, Sir Roger Casement’s remains were returned from London to Dublin.
(5) The pericytes were completely surrounded by casement membranes and displayed no significant lipidization; in a cellular plaque of vasular tissue at the base of the lesion, however, some of the multilaminar pericytes showed evidence of early smooth muscle differentiation.
(6) The later novels and stories, usually characterized as sentimental and conventional, dramatize an overt fear of homosexuality consistent with Conrad's hostile reaction to the Casement revelations.