(n.) The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation.
(n.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession.
Example Sentences:
(1) The most actively proliferating region of the excurrent duct system is zone 3 of the epididymis, whereas the least active region is the ductuli efferentes.
(2) We also show that proliferation of primary amnion cells is not dependent on a high c-fos expression, suggesting that the function of c-fos is more likely to be associated with other cellular functions in the differentiated amnion cell.
(3) However, when cross-linked to anti-CD4 or anti-CD8 antibodies a markedly enhanced proliferation of the corresponding subpopulation is observed.
(4) Quantitative determinations indicate that the amount of PBG-D mRNA is modulated both by the erythroid nature of the tissue and by cell proliferation, probably at the transcriptional level.
(5) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
(6) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(7) Proliferation assays using F3 showed that 15 (14 CD4+ and 1 CD8+) of the 18 isolated clones were specific for T. gondii.
(8) After vascular injury, smooth muscle cells proliferate, reaching a maximum rate at day 2.
(9) Recent studies have shown that an aberration in platelet-derived growth factor gene expression is unlikely to be a factor in proliferation of smooth-muscle cells.
(10) During capillary growth when endothelial cells (EC) undergo extensive proliferation and migration and pericytes are scarce, hyaluronic acid (HA) levels are elevated.
(11) The macrophage-derived product, interleukin 1 (IL 1) is thought to play an important regulatory role in the proliferation of T lymphocytes; however, its mechanism of action is unknown.
(12) T cell costimulation by molecules on the antigen presenting cell (APC) is required for optimal T cell proliferation.
(13) Our prospective study has defined a number of important variables in patients with clinical evidence of mast cell proliferation that can predict both the presence of SMCD and the likelihood of fatal disease.
(14) However, a highly significant upward shift of the proliferating cell compartment was observed in the cancer group, resulting in a specific modification of the [3H]TDR labeling pattern in 6 of 17 specimens.
(15) Anti-5'-NT antibodies had no effect on PHA-induced proliferation.
(16) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
(17) Extensive proliferation has been shown to accompany the de novo generation of LAK cytotoxicity.
(18) Proliferating cells were abundant and scattered throughout the stratified epithelium before the appearance of villi.
(19) Proliferation of quiescent hematopoietic stem cells, purified by cell sorting and evaluated by spleen colony assay (CFU-S), was investigated by measuring the total cell number and CFU-S content and the DNA histogram at 20 and 48 hours of liquid culture.
(20) Whereas the growth and division of normal cells is carefully regulated to meet the needs of the body, tumor cells proliferate autonomously and continually, eventually interfering with and destroying the functions of normal tissue.
Reproduction
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced
(n.) the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
(n.) That which is reproduced.
Example Sentences:
(1) The availability and success of changes in reproductive technology should lead to a reappraisal of the indications for hysterectomy, especially in young women.
(2) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
(3) In this way they offer the doctor the chance of preventing genetic handicaps that cannot be obtained by natural reproduction, and that therefore should be used.
(4) The sensitivity , accuracy, and reproductibility of this method are described and discussed.
(5) Thus, inhibition of reproductive function of young males after EP action has been demonstrated.
(6) The La Parguera facility was established in part to contrast the social behavior of free-ranging groups with that in enclosures, as well as to compare the seasonal events linked to reproduction with those at Cayo Santiago.
(7) Thus, the carotid pulse tracing provides an accurate reproduction of the morphology of the pressure tracing recorded from the ascending aorta, and when calibrated by peripheral blood pressure measurement, it can be used to calculate LV pressure throughout ejection.
(8) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(9) Such factors can mask any interactions between biologic factors of the aging female reproductive system and other social factors that might otherwise detemine fertility during the later reproductive years.
(10) The results indicate that additional feed in late gestation improves reproductive performance in sows.
(11) Here we show that the subsequent survival and reproductive success of subordinate female red deer is depressed more by rearing sons than by rearing daughters, whereas the subsequent fitness of dominant females is unaffected by the sex of their present offspring.
(12) The variations in behavior and physiology across the year were considered in terms of factors constraining the timing of the natural reproductive pattern.
(13) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(14) 23, 163-185) for growth and reproduction of individual daphnids.
(15) This variation in risk remained when allowance was made for the incomplete nature of some of the reproductive histories.
(16) A regulatory role for GABA in the reproductive tract is postulated.
(17) We have examined the serum MT response in the male hamster to a single dose of 25 micrograms MT administered in the morning or in the afternoon--the same timing and dose used by others to produce reproductive effects.
(18) The lavage model was considered suitable for reproduction of severe respiratory distress.
(19) Circumvaginal muscle (CVM) home training based on principles of exercise physiology were tested on 48 healthy reproductive-age women.
(20) the smallest concentrations were measured, differing significantly from animals in other reproductive periods.