(1) Several other factors known to activate neutrophils also caused down-regulation of LAM-1 and up-regulation of CD11b, including TNF, FMLP, and leukotriene B4.
(2) The serum levels of aminoterminal type III procollagen peptide (S-PIIINP), immunoreactive prolyl 4-hydroxylase protein (S-IRPH), 7S domain of collagen type IV (S-Col IV, 7S), and fragment P1 of laminin (S-Lam), which are associated with the metabolism of extracellular interstitial collagens and basement membranes, were measured sequentially for two years in 14 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients undergoing disease modifying antirheumatic drug treatment.
(3) C-I was superior to LAM in supporting the attachment of the cells, especially of HuH-6, to plastic surfaces.
(4) Although further evaluations are required, this study suggests that the monoclonal antibodies to LAM-B may be useful in detecting mycobacteria from clinical specimens.
(5) Astragalus lusitanicus Lam lusitanicus has been reported to be toxic for mammals.
(6) As LAM was composed of Kidney-tonifying herbs, all the subjects chosen fell into the pattern of Kidney-deficiency in TCM.
(7) MAbs specific to other adherence molecules such as ICAM-1, CD2, CD58, CD4, CD8, CD11b and LAM-1 did not affect leukocyte adherence in this model.
(8) et Zucc., Z. armatum DC., Z. simulans Hance, Z. avicennae (Lam.)
(9) The authors report a case of lymphangiomatosis (LAM) proven histologically in a 49 year old female.
(10) That report said Lam, Lui and Cheung might be allowed to return to Hong Kong this week, citing unspecified sources.
(11) Some lambdoid phages and lambda mutants that overcome the interference by the lam mutations have been obtained, and were used as tools for characterizing the host mutations.
(12) Only a slight increase of LAM immunoreactivity was observed in rough endoplasmic reticulum after a long weaning period.
(13) Interestingly, granulocyte-CSF and IFN-gamma had minimal effects on neutrophil LAM-1 expression.
(14) Epstein-Barr-virus- (EBV-) positive lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) spontaneously arising in vitro were obtained from the peripheral blood of six HIV-seropositive patients and from the peripheral blood and the bone marrow of one patient (LAM) with AIDS and lymphoma.
(15) The physiologic states of Mycobacterium leprae isolated from patient biopsies were studied using single cell mass spectrometry by laser microprobe mass analysis (LAM-MA) and ATP bioluminescence assay.
(16) Pyknotic profiles are present in the ganglion cell layer during the first 2 postnatal weeks, reaching peak numbers during the first 4 postnatal days (corresponding to the time of greatest loss of ganglion cells and their axons: Potts et al., '82; Lam et al., '82; Perry et al., '83).
(17) Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite Read more Five Hong Kong booksellers – Gui Minhai, Lee Bo, Lui Bo, Cheung Ji-ping and Lam Wing-kei – who specialised in books criticising China’s Communist party elite have vanished since October.
(18) The expression and regulation of LAM-1 on granulocytes, monocytes, and their precursors was investigated using flow cytometry and the anti-LAM-1.1 mAb.
(19) We have found that laminin and a pepsin fragment of laminin (P-lam) contain distinct sites for HT-1080 human fibrosarcoma cell attachment and for neurite outgrowth activity of PC12 and NG108-15 cell lines.
(20) A sequence was identified that is sufficient for amdR regulation and that shows identity with sequences involved in amdR regulation of the gatA and lam genes.
Lax
Definition:
(v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
(v. t.) Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
(v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
(n.) A looseness; diarrhea.
Example Sentences:
(1) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
(2) These blood flow and temperature changes also occurred when ELV animals were subjected to simultaneous LAX.
(3) The universal credit scheme has been overseen by "alarmingly weak" management, with systems so lax that a secretary was allowed to authorise purchase orders worth £23m , according to the public accounts committee.
(4) Approximately 27% of the individuals had 1 lax joint, whereas only 3% possessed all 5 features.
(5) Traders, enabled by lax futures regulations, are perhaps the only people to see the bright side of the beating sun.
(6) The retracted lower eyelid is tight in contrast to the lax lower eyelid of the common involutional ectropion.
(7) Roundish cells, appearing to be myofibroblasts surrounded by a more lax connective tissue and elastic fibers, were found close to the Dacron threads.
(8) Although only flights to Sharm have been suspended, there is worry about Egyptian airports in general over alleged lax screening amid heightened fears over terrorism, a security source said.
(9) The coroner cited "inadequate" training and "lax" supervision as factors in the tragedies.
(10) These include eyelid laxity with or without atrophic orbicularis muscle tone, lax canthal tendons, hypoplastic malar eminences, unrecognized Graves' ophthalmopathy, unilateral high myopia, or the secondary blepharoplasty.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump comments on death of Dwyane Wade’s cousin – video Welcome to Iowa, where Trump's purple patch could turn a blue state red Read more Pence rejected a suggestion by CNN host Jake Tapper that lax gun safety laws in his own state, Indiana, may be stoking violence in Chicago.
(12) Obama administration officials had promised to toughen the lax environmental regulations of the George Bush era.
(13) This decade, on the other hand, has been relatively lax when it comes to pumping out neuron-destroying musical inanity.
(14) The apparently lax oversight of the company's financial regime by the energy regulator was heavily criticised last week by Tim Yeo, the former chairman of parliament's energy and climate change committee.
(15) The examination of parental attitude in dealing with the possibility of accidents (instructive, lax or repressive) did not allow us to demonstrate in any significant way the influence of these attitudes on accidental morbidity.
(16) To date, they have been too lax, and moved too slowly, allowing racists a free rein.” Cooper called on “companies like Twitter to take stronger action against hate crimes on their platforms”.
(17) All emergency department, LAX first-aid station, and paramedic records were examined.
(18) Why so tough on skilled migrants and so lax on boat arrivals?
(19) Analysts have for years been complaining about what they believe to be lax accounting standards in Britain's travel industry, where one-off write-offs are not uncommon.
(20) In order to address those concerns the two companies gave up gate slots and takeoffs at major US airports including Washington DC’s Reagan national, New York’s LaGuardia, Boston's Logan and LAX in Los Angeles.