(n.) That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ability of azelastine to influence antigen-induced contractile responses (Schultz-Dale phenomenon) in isolated tracheal segments of the guinea-pig was investigated and compared with selected antiallergic drugs and inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism.
(2) The penetration of (22)Na was not prevented by the presence of metabolic inhibitors or by 500 mm NaCl in the suspending medium.
(3) This induction is sensitive to actinomycin D but not to protein synthesis inhibitor puromycin, indicating an effect of estradiol at the transcriptional level, possibly mediated by the estrogen receptor.
(4) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
(5) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
(6) The concentrations of five normally occurring protease inhibitors in serum and synovial fluid were compared in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, and normal controls.
(7) Dilutional studies comparing the mechanism of inhibition of monoamine oxidase produced by Gerovital H3 and by ipronizid demonstrated that Gerovital H3 was a reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase.
(8) The variation of the activity of the peptidase with pH in the presence of various inhibitors was investigated in both control and insulted muscle fibres.
(9) The specific limited trypsinolysis of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase (T7RP) was performed in the presence of various components of the polymerase reaction and some GTP-analogs--irreversible inhibitors of the enzyme.
(10) MAF-G activity was inhibited by mitomycin C and colchicine, which inhibit DNA synthesis and mitosis, respectively, but not by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, an inhibitor of glucose metabolism.
(11) Because it has been suggested that the lathyrogen, BAPN, may stimulate the release of proteases, the protease inhibitors Trasylol and epsilon-aminocaproic acid (EACA) were given alone or in combination to BAPN-treated rats.
(12) We have confirmed this directly by showing that pure CCK is a potent inhibitor of gastric emptying.
(13) We conclude that human hepatic lipocytes synthesize TIMP-1, a potent metalloproteinase inhibitor, and that TIMP-1 expression increases with lipocyte activation.
(14) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
(15) The enzyme was quantitated by incubation of 16-micron-thick brain sections with 0.07-2 nM of the converting enzyme inhibitor 125I-351A and comparison to 125I-standards.
(16) The influence of the inhibitors on the transferase induction was dose and time-dependent.
(17) While both inhibitors caused thermosensitization, they did not affect the time scale for the development of thermotolerance at 42 degrees C or after acute heating at 45 degrees C. The inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribosylation) radiosensitizers and thermosensitizers may be of use in the treatment of cancer using a combined modality of radiation and hyperthermia.
(18) The effects of burimamide, an H2-inhibitor, and mepyramine and chlorpheniramide, both H1-inhibitors, were tested.
(19) p-Chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) also reduced the response to levodopa but the usefulness of PCPA as an inhibitor of 5HT synthesis in these experiments in doubtful since it also inhibited the hypoglycaemic effects of 5HTP and i.c.v.
(20) The inhibitor also reduced the infarct size at 48 h by 34.4%.
Rima
Definition:
(n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
Example Sentences:
(1) This has been demonstrated from agglutination and radioimmunometric assay (RIMA) results, using ten antisera raised in rabbits against purified polymeric flagellins from ten Salmonella serotypes as immunogens.
(2) In merodiploids heterozygous for rimA, rimB, or rimD, the wild-type allele was shown to be dominant to the mutant allele.
(3) Arytenoid abduction was expressed as a left:right ratio of rima glottidis measurements.
(4) Rima, a Christian-Israeli Arab, has been branded a Roma, Romanian, "Jew whore" and "dirty Arab" by a family who have subjected her family to a slew of racist abuse and intimidation.
(5) Postoperatively all ponies were evaluated qualitatively on a monthly basis by subjective examination for evidence of abduction of the arytenoid cartilages on endoscopy and quantitatively by measurement of the cross sectional area of the left and right half of the rima glottidis.
(6) Later they targeted my two sons on social networks, repeating the racist slurs and later the real bullying began against the boys," Rima said.
(7) Jordanian ambassador Rima Ahmad Alaadeen said they had "of course … expressed our deep concerns about what took place in recent days and explicitly expressed how important … occupied East Jerusalem is."
(8) In order to evaluate their divergent effects on binding and lysis of the NCMC, rH IFN-alpha and rH IL-2 were used for the in vitro-preincubation of normal donors' PBL, which were then tested as effector cells against K562 and the long-term cultured melanoma cell line RIMA in the SCCA.
(9) The type strain of L. uli is strain VPI D76D-27C (= ATCC 49627), and the type strain of L. rimae is strain D140H-11A (= ATCC 49626).
(10) The landmarks correspond to the verteba prominens, the dimples of the posterior superior iliac spines and the sacrum point (beginning of rima ani), which are characterized by distinct surface curvature.
(11) However, against RIMA IFN-alpha additionally amplified the binding affinity.
(12) The results of the present analysis extend to Far Eastern foods our previous conclusion that no severe dietary restrictions are needed in patients treated with moclobemide, a novel RIMA anti-depressant.
(13) The reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A (RIMAs) are a group of drugs that, by producing inhibition selectively of monoamine oxidase A (MOA-A), still allow metabolism of tyramine by MAO-B.
(14) The new generation of RIMAs represents a significant progress in safety.
(15) Areas of the rima glottidis and aditus laryngis were measured, using a computerized digitizer.
(16) The RIMA developed was specific for salmonellae and showed no cross-reactions with high populations of other members within the family Enterobacteriaceae.
(17) The family fled Syria two months ago – just in time, Rima says, to avoid the fate of their nextdoor neighbours, who were killed in their homes the week before we speak.
(18) The protein is referred to as RIMA, for ring membrane antigen.
(19) Rhinoscopy and radiography revealed no abnormal findings in the nasal septum, rima oflactoria, concha nasalis media, sinus ethmoidales, etc.
(20) H. bovis spiracular plates have twenty-nine to forty openings, each surrounded by a slightly raised rima.