(a.) Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles.
(a.) Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(2) From the biochemical markers in follicular fluid, cyclic adenosine monophosphate has a distinct predictive value in regard to pregnancy in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer cycles.
(3) Using an antibody to the nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), we examined dendritic reticulum cells (DRCs) immunohistochemically in 62 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lymph nodes from patients with reactive follicular hyperplasia or with various types of lymphoma.
(4) A patient with previously treated follicular carcinoma of the thyroid developed Graves' disease with a high titre of thyroid-stimulating antibodies (TSAb).
(5) Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and its concentration were measured in thyroid tissues obtained from patients with Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, differentiated thyroid cancer, and endemic goiter (before and after iodine supplementation) as well as in normal thyroid tissue (paranodular tissue) from patients with follicular adenomas.
(6) The three main ultrastructural features of nuclei observed in papillary carcinoma of thyroid were also demonstrated in follicular carcinoma.
(7) Nine of the patients had tumors which were diagnosed as follicular carcinoma, 4 of whom had recurrences in the neck region.
(8) A 39-year-old male with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was repeatedly studied with respect to DNA rearrangements with the two probes pFL-1 and pFL-2, representing two segments of chromosome 18.
(9) The maximal score was noted 24 hours before follicular rupture in 47.5%.
(10) In these systems, follicular lymphomas are subclassified by estimation of the different cell populations without the actual counting of cells.
(11) Plasma oestradiol concentrations remained unaltered at the lower limit of the early follicular phase values of a normal menstrual cycle.
(12) Tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid) acts to normalize desquamation of follicular epithelium, promote drainage of comedones, and inhibit formation of new ones.
(13) The number of CC-treated patients with poor mucus quality in the face of adequate follicular development was 24, or 48%.
(14) Housing young female Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus campbelli) with an adult male accelerates uterine and ovarian development and there is a strong relationship between uterine weight and ovarian measures (e.g., follicular size).
(15) Studies in cattle assessing changes in number and size of antral follicles, concentrations of estradiol, androgens and progesterone in serum and follicular fluid, and numbers of gonadotropin receptors per follicle during repetitive estrous cycles and postpartum anestrus are reviewed.
(16) (iii) Thereafter the number of follicles and steroid output declined to early follicular phase levels.
(17) Antibodies were almost never present in the absence of conjunctival follicles, but their titres were unrelated to the degree of follicular hyperplasia; there was no obvious relationship between the serological findings and corneal lesions.
(18) To further characterize these rare tumors, we identified during a 32-year period 22 patients with oxyphilic papillary cancer and compared them with 1,084 patients with typical papillary cancers and 57 patients with oxyphilic follicular cancers treated by the Mayo surgical group during the same time period.
(19) The extracts of both male serum and female follicular-phase serum, containing no immunoreactive relaxin, resulted in tetanic contractions of the muscle segment.
(20) Repeated laparoscopy in the same animal throughout the menstrual cycle showed by morphological and hormonal criteria that this technique does not significantly influence follicular growth, ovulation, luteal function or cycle length.
Legume
Definition:
(n.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
(n.) The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Several oilseed and legume protein products were fed to rats as the sole source of dietary protein, and in blends with cereals for the determination of protein efficiency ratio (PER) and biological availability of amino acids.
(2) The processes of germination and gruel preparation of germinated materials contributed to the digestibility of weaning foods prepared from cereals and legumes.
(3) Because diglyceride metabolism and cyclic beta-1,2-glucan biosynthesis are metabolically linked, future studies with diacylglycerol kinase mutants of R. meliloti 1021 should further elucidate the roles of the cyclic beta-1,2-glucans in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
(4) In cereals and legume seeds the activity of chymotrypsin inhibitors is generally lower than that of the trypsin inhibitors.
(5) This nonapeptide was aligned in a part of the metal-binding region conserved in all legume lectins.
(6) Twenty-three fruits, 33 vegetables, 41 grain products, 7 legumes, 4 nuts, and 9 miscellaneous foods were analyzed by an accurate chemical method to determine their dietary fiber content and composition.
(7) On every specimen of legume we have tried to confirm, or otherwise, the presence of A. flavus and the aflatoxins.
(8) passing through a 1.18 mm sieve during wet sieving) from the reticulo-rumen were negatively related to dimensions of particles, with greater ease of outflow for legume than for grass particles of the same length or diameter.
(9) The use of vegetable proteins such as legumes or oilseeds proteins is often restricted by antinutritional or toxic factors.
(10) Foods such as legumes appear to be digested less rapidly than many cereal foods although even amongst these large differences in rates of in vitro digestion exist.
(11) (2) Individuals having IgE-mediated reactions to legume proteins, for example peanut and soybean, do not respond to the corresponding oil derived from those substances.
(12) Some legume species also contain chemicals of a different nature (i. e. lathyrogens, cyanogenetic glycosides, and others) which may be extremely toxic when ingested in significant amounts.
(13) The location of the metal and carbohydrate binding sites, established unequivocally in concanavalin A by high resolution X-ray crystallography, appears to be the same in the other legume lectins.
(14) Only a few foods and nutrients show marginal low intakes (fish, eggs and legumes; lipids, iron, thiamin and vitamin A).
(15) The antigenic specificity was also tested against subunits of 13 completely sequenced legume lectins separated by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and electrotransferred to nitrocellulose filters.
(16) Studies of diabetes using high fibre, high legume diets have almost uniformly noted improvements in glycemic control and blood lipid profile.
(17) The intimate association between the Rhizobium and the host nodule cell was compared with the Rhizobium association found in legumes.
(18) Also, the effects of a casein habitual diet or of one of three casein-legume habitual diets fed before and after the test meal were investigated.
(19) Foods causing most prominent symptoms among patients in group A included legumes, tree nuts, crustaceans, and fish.
(20) retained on a 1.18 mm sieve during wet sieving) to breakdown (chews per g LP breakdown) during eating was lower for leaf than stem fractions (8.4 v. 23.7) and lower for the grass than legume diets (10.5 v. 21.6).