(a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
(a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
(a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
(n.) A silent letter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ability of cytoplasmic extracts to induce DNA synthesis in isolated, quiescent nuclei.
(2) The study of cellular cyclic AMP level in response to extracellular adenosine stimulation in dividing cells and quiescent cells showed that cells in defined medium had a lower extent of response to adenosine compared to cells cultured in serum-containing medium.
(3) The rate of nuclei stained by Pr-122 is different from that of Pr-192 in both growing and quiescent cultures.
(4) 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.
(5) By this action, oxytocin is believed to increase the probability of successful regenerative spikes and thereby initiate electrical activity in quiescent preparations, increase the frequency of burst discharges, the number of spikes in each burst, and the amplitude of spikes in individual cells.
(6) We have previously shown that a spontaneous mutant of MH2 (PA200-MH2), expressing only the v-mil oncogene, is able to induce proliferation of quiescent neuroretina cells.
(7) When 5 corneas with quiescent HSK were cultured in vitro, 3 again became HSV antigen positive.
(8) The cells considered intact were quiescent in the presence of 2.5 mM free Ca2+ but responded to an electrical stimulation by an homogeneous and brief contraction.
(9) PI-3-P was detected in quiescent SMC and increased only slightly in response to PDGF.
(10) Nuclei were isolated from proliferative or quiescent cells and then treated with drug for 30 min.
(11) The increase in Con A fiber-binding seems to be specific for EGF, since it was not observed in response to insulin, prostaglandin F2alpha or a higher serum concentration, which also initiate cell devision of confluent quiescent 3T3 cells.
(12) After suspension of distension, arterial and venous flow and oxygen saturation increased beyond the quiescent level.
(13) New results from our laboratory are included to demonstrate that RVD is modulated by both temperature and pH, and that RVD occurs in proliferating as well as quiescent lymphocytes.
(14) A model for IL 2 proliferation was derived on the basis of the two-state model of the cell cycle, with cells leaving a quiescent state randomly and then traversing the other stages of the cell cycle in a determinate way.
(15) These data suggest that thymic hormone target cells include small quiescent lymphocytes.
(16) Aspirin and indomethacine were shown to decrease intracellular pH of quiescent neutrophil cells.
(17) De novo synthesis of adenine nucleotide was measured in quiescent and contracting muscle of sedentary and exercise-trained rats using an isolated perfused hindquarter preparation.
(18) The B subunit of cholera toxin, which binds specifically to several molecules of ganglioside galactosyl-(beta 1----3)-N-acetylgalactosyminyl(beta 1----4)-[N- acetylneuraminyl(alpha 2----3)]-galactosyl(beta 1----4)glucosyl(beta 1----1) ceramide (GM1) on the cell surface, stimulated DNA synthesis and cell division in quiescent, nontransformed mouse 3T3 cells in a dose-dependent manner.
(19) Stimulation of membrane ruffling is one of the first events induced by addition of growth factors to quiescent cultures.
(20) Recovery of enzyme was much more rapid in confluent quiescent monolayers of endothelial cells than in dividing cultures.
Quiescently
Definition:
(adv.) In a quiescent manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ability of cytoplasmic extracts to induce DNA synthesis in isolated, quiescent nuclei.
(2) The study of cellular cyclic AMP level in response to extracellular adenosine stimulation in dividing cells and quiescent cells showed that cells in defined medium had a lower extent of response to adenosine compared to cells cultured in serum-containing medium.
(3) The rate of nuclei stained by Pr-122 is different from that of Pr-192 in both growing and quiescent cultures.
(4) 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.
(5) By this action, oxytocin is believed to increase the probability of successful regenerative spikes and thereby initiate electrical activity in quiescent preparations, increase the frequency of burst discharges, the number of spikes in each burst, and the amplitude of spikes in individual cells.
(6) We have previously shown that a spontaneous mutant of MH2 (PA200-MH2), expressing only the v-mil oncogene, is able to induce proliferation of quiescent neuroretina cells.
(7) When 5 corneas with quiescent HSK were cultured in vitro, 3 again became HSV antigen positive.
(8) The cells considered intact were quiescent in the presence of 2.5 mM free Ca2+ but responded to an electrical stimulation by an homogeneous and brief contraction.
(9) PI-3-P was detected in quiescent SMC and increased only slightly in response to PDGF.
(10) Nuclei were isolated from proliferative or quiescent cells and then treated with drug for 30 min.
(11) The increase in Con A fiber-binding seems to be specific for EGF, since it was not observed in response to insulin, prostaglandin F2alpha or a higher serum concentration, which also initiate cell devision of confluent quiescent 3T3 cells.
(12) After suspension of distension, arterial and venous flow and oxygen saturation increased beyond the quiescent level.
(13) New results from our laboratory are included to demonstrate that RVD is modulated by both temperature and pH, and that RVD occurs in proliferating as well as quiescent lymphocytes.
(14) A model for IL 2 proliferation was derived on the basis of the two-state model of the cell cycle, with cells leaving a quiescent state randomly and then traversing the other stages of the cell cycle in a determinate way.
(15) These data suggest that thymic hormone target cells include small quiescent lymphocytes.
(16) Aspirin and indomethacine were shown to decrease intracellular pH of quiescent neutrophil cells.
(17) De novo synthesis of adenine nucleotide was measured in quiescent and contracting muscle of sedentary and exercise-trained rats using an isolated perfused hindquarter preparation.
(18) The B subunit of cholera toxin, which binds specifically to several molecules of ganglioside galactosyl-(beta 1----3)-N-acetylgalactosyminyl(beta 1----4)-[N- acetylneuraminyl(alpha 2----3)]-galactosyl(beta 1----4)glucosyl(beta 1----1) ceramide (GM1) on the cell surface, stimulated DNA synthesis and cell division in quiescent, nontransformed mouse 3T3 cells in a dose-dependent manner.
(19) Stimulation of membrane ruffling is one of the first events induced by addition of growth factors to quiescent cultures.
(20) Recovery of enzyme was much more rapid in confluent quiescent monolayers of endothelial cells than in dividing cultures.