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Myristic


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Preincubation of human neutrophils with recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha has previously been shown by us to enhance superoxide production of neutrophils in response to the chemotactic peptide formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, and the phorbol ester, phorbol myristate acetate.
  • (2) One week after initiation is 1-2 months before the appearance of benign papillomas that harbor activated Ha-ras oncogenes when the initiated mice are promoted with the tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate.
  • (3) Thyroid hormone stimulation of Ca2+-ATPase was significantly decreased by stearic and oleic acids (10(-9)-10(-4) M), but also by elaidic, linoleic, palmitoleic and myristic acids.
  • (4) Addition of MoAb 60.3 to normal neutrophils produced dose-dependent inhibition of neutrophil aggregation in response to phorbol myristate acetate, zymosan-activated plasma, and N-formyl-methionylleucylphenylalanine.
  • (5) Conditioned medium was concentrated 10-fold and placed on cultures of rabbit synovial fibroblasts along with an inducer of collagenase (phorbol myristate acetate or latex particles) and [3H]leucine.
  • (6) The cytotoxic activity is upregulated by pretreatment of microglia with interferon gamma (IFN gamma) or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA).
  • (7) Previous experiments have shown that heparin inhibits induction of c-fos and c-myc protooncogene mRNA in rat VSMC stimulated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) but not when stimulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) (Pukac, L. A., Castellot, J. J., Wright, T. C., Caleb, B. L., and Karnovsky, M. J.
  • (8) The hexosemonophosphate-shunt (HMPS) activity and the release of oxygen derivatives upon triggering by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) were impaired.
  • (9) Superoxide anion release stimulated by phorbol myristate acetate, a potent activator of oxygen radical generation, was reduced by 29-72% following the addition of 10 mM pentoxifylline.
  • (10) Pepsinogen secretion from permeabilized chief cells could be stimulated with increasing concentrations of calcium (300 nM to 10 microM), adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; 1 microM to 1 mM), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (10 nM to 1 microM), or by addition of carbamylcholine (0.1 mM) to the incubation solution.
  • (11) HeLa cells synthesize and secrete increased levels of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) when incubated for 18 h with 10-20 nM phorbol myristate acetate.
  • (12) The soluble tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate catalyzed both of these changes.
  • (13) Human peripheral blood T lymphocytes were treated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), an activator of protein kinase C (PKC) activity, and with the calcium ionophore A23187.
  • (14) Myristic acid-labeled virions contained a single radioactive protein, p10, supporting the mapping of this molecule to the amino terminus.
  • (15) When oocytes were treated with the tumor promoter, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, one of the Xenopus PKCs was found to disappear very rapidly, while the other remained unchanged up to 2 hr.
  • (16) The changes in both mobility and amino-terminal phosphorylation can be reproduced by known activators of protein kinase C (4 alpha-phorbol 12 beta-myristate, dioctanoylglycerol), suggesting that this signal transduction pathway (or related pathways) mediates at least part of these events.
  • (17) Stimulation of PMN with serum-treated zymosan or the chemotactic peptide f-met-leu-phe but not phorbol myristate acetate, also increased the incorporation of fatty acids into these phospholipids.
  • (18) The biologically inactive phorbols, 4-alpha-phorbol-12 myristate-13-acetate (1 microM) and 4-alpha-phorbol-12, 13-didecanoate (1 microM) did not increase DAF levels.
  • (19) After stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate LC express RNA for interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) and interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) and produce proteins but do not secrete them at detectable levels.
  • (20) The barriers to transport of methyl nicotinate across the water-octanol, water-2,2,4-trimethylpentane, and water-isopropyl myristate interfaces at 25 degrees C have been studied using a rotating diffusion cell.

Myristin


Definition:

  • (n.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The three free fatty acids under investigations, myristinic acid (C14), palmitic acid (C16), and stearic acid (C18), all showed similar levels over the course of the experiment.

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