(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.
Slam
Definition:
(v. t.) To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
(v. t.) To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
(v. t.) To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
(v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter.
(v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
(v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, slams.
(n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.
(n.) Winning all the tricks of a deal.
(n.) The refuse of alum works.
Example Sentences:
(1) To selectively stain polyanionic macromolecules of growth plate cartilage and to prevent artifacts induced by aqueous fixation, proximal tibial growth plates were excised from rats, slam-frozen, and freeze-substituted in 100% methanol containing the cationic dye Alcian blue.
(2) "More than most British players, I have been asked about it many times when I got close to winning grand slams before.
(3) At that point I was grabbed by the Belgian secret service and slammed against the glass.
(4) When he first became president, Republicans slammed him for being a socialist – an epithet, from their lips, of the worst kind.
(5) Seeb slams a copy of their licence application on the table – it's well over an inch thick.
(6) They've all had the courthouse doors slammed shut in the faces by courts that have accepted the US government's claims that its own secrecy powers and immunity rights bar any such justice.
(7) After a dramatic pause that would have done Harold Pinter proud, Andy Murray has appointed Ivan Lendl as his coach, a move he hopes will bring him his first grand slam victory in the Australian Open, which starts on 16 January.
(8) I’ve lost slam finals and stuff, which has been very tough.
(9) There are going to be downs and I'll lose close matches, but I hope I'll be in a position to play for grand slams in the future.
(10) The chancellor stressed that Britain’s relationship with the EU would remain unchanged for the time being – and ditched the idea, launched alongside his predecessor Alistair Darling during the campaign – that an emergency budget would be necessary within weeks, as Brexit slams the brakes on the economy.
(11) Six systems for defining and evaluating disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (the Ropes system, the National Institutes of Health [NIH] system, the New York Hospital for Special Surgery system, the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [BILAG] scale, the University of Toronto SLE Disease Activity Index [SLE-DAI], and the Systemic Lupus Activity Measure [SLAM]) were tested on 25 SLE patients who were selected to represent a range of disease activity.
(12) Given the paucity of British talent in the sport over recent decades, it is a tribute to Murray's remarkable consistency that in his last eight grand slam tournaments, he has reached three finals, four semi-finals and a quarter-final – not to mention overcoming Federer on Wimbledon's Centre Court to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
(13) Andy McDonald, the shadow transport secretary, said: “In opposition the Tories slammed the closure of lines over Christmas for engineering works, but now they’re in a position to do something about it they don’t seem to care.
(14) She has also slammed the “illogical and outright offensive” language used by those against same-sex marriage.
(15) The grand slam champions so far this year are myself and Li Na [in the Australian Open],” she said.
(16) People tend to forget he is playing in an era with 3 players who are likely to be remembered as three of the all-time greatest, so the fact that he is managing to win slams is fairly amazing, and something that won’t be properly appreciated until he retires.
(17) ‘Dysfunctional’ ABC management slammed Trevor Bormann, last year’s Walkley winner for Foreign Correspondent’s “Prisoner X” scoop, has dumped a bucket on ABC news management on the way out the door.
(18) This week people around the internet have taken to photoshopping WWE wrestler Randy Orton’s famous head slam move on to videos of people falling over.
(19) In fact, the whole thing could have been worse had it not been for Carlos Beltran stealing a grand slam away from David Ortiz in the second inning.
(20) Following narrow defeat at the All England Club, Murray provided a glorious coda in the early hours of Tuesday morning with a US Open victory in his fifth grand slam final.