What's the difference between epithelial and xanthoprotein?
Epithelial
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the surface epithelial cells, the basolateral cell surface showed moderate enzymatic activity.
(2) Thus, human bronchial epithelial cells can express the IL-8 gene, with expression in response to the inflammatory mediator TNF regulated mainly at the transcriptional level, and with elements within the 5'-flanking region of the gene that are directly or indirectly modulated by the TNF signal.
(3) Escherichia enterotoxigenic strains, Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella typhimurium virulent strains, Campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates possess more pronounced capacity for adhesion to enteric cells of Peyer's plaques than to other types of epithelial cells, which may be of importance in the pathogenesis of these infections.
(4) Autoradiographic studies with tritiated thymidine showed that both epithelial and mesenchymal tumor cells were labeled.
(5) The growth of transitional epithelial cells with different growth media and growth supports was examined.
(6) The vulvar white keratotic lesions which have been subjected to histological examination in Himeji National Hospital (1973-1987) included 13 cases in benign dermatoses, 4 cases in vulvar epithelial hyperplasia, 3 cases in lichen sclerosus, and 3 cases in lichen sclerosus with foci of epithelial hyperplasia.
(7) These four cytokeratins were also found in the epithelial and biphasic mesotheliomas, most of which, however, also expressed, additional cytokeratins, such as the basic Polypeptide 5 and, in some cases, Cytokeratins 4, 6, 14, and 17.
(8) The epithelial changes occur during the same time period that interstitial cells with ultrastructural and histochemical properties of steroid-secreting tissue appear in the ovarian stroma.
(9) In the kidneys the index of incorporation inthe epithelial cells of the renal cortex was 7.5-fold and in the brain cortex epithelium 15-fold as increased, respectively.
(10) Benign and malignant epithelial and soft tissue tumors of the skin were usually negatively stained with MoAb HMSA-2.
(11) Uptake studies with 22Na were performed in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells, in order to characterize mechanisms of Na+ transport.
(12) These studies indicate that at each site of induction during feather morphogenesis, a general pattern is repeated in which an epithelial structure linked by L-CAM is confronted with periodically propagating condensations of cells linked by N-CAM.
(13) Elevated, but variable levels of this protein were observed in proliferating normal fibroblasts and transformed cells of fibroblast, epithelial and lymphoid origin.
(14) The correlation with the level of epithelial differentiation may be due to different homing conditions.
(15) Urinalysis revealed a low pH, increased ketones and bilirubin excretion, dark yellowish change in color, the appearance of "leaflet-shaped" crystals and increased red blood cells and epithelial cells in the urinary sediment, increased water intake, decreased specific gravity and decreased sodium, potassium and chloride in the urine.
(16) Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma has distinctly different clinical behavior compared to serous carcinoma and should be regarded as an aggressive epithelial histologic type.
(17) Endometriotic implants with good response to Duphaston therapy demonstrated an enhanced autophagic activity within many epithelial cells.
(18) Although no anatomical 'barrier' has been described, it has been suggested that the gel mucus and epithelial phospholipids are constituents.
(19) The interaction of heparin (HP) with the cell-surface components of a human uterine epithelial carcinoma cell line (RL95) was studied.
(20) In the area of the porta hepatis, there were many epithelial luminal structures in fibrous tissue with inflammatory infiltrates.
Xanthoprotein
Definition:
(n.) A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia.