Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various structurally related polypeptides, such as bradykinin, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.
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- noun biochemistry Any of various
structurally relatedpolypeptides of theautacoid family, such asbradykinin andkallikrein , that act locally to inducevasodilation and contraction ofsmooth muscle .
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- noun any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He enjoyed the kinin 'a mite too much for my comfort.
Temptation's Price Schulze, Dallas 1992
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"Then that John, he murmured," That old bitch is kinin 'all the little mice in the attic.
Flowers In The Attic Andrews, V. C. 1979
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The enhanced contractile responses were accompanied by increased mRNA and protein expression for both kinin receptors, suggesting the involvement of transcriptional mechanisms.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Yuan Xu 2010
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These results provide evidence at the transcriptional level in a clinical model of tissue injury that up-regulation of kinin receptors are involved in the development of the early phase of inflammation and inflammatory pain.
BioMed Central - Latest articles May Hamza 2010
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The present study was designed to examine if nicotine could induce airway hyperresponsiveness through kinin receptors, and if so, explore the underlying mechanisms involved.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Yuan Xu 2010
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However, little is known about the regulatory effects of kinin receptors on the onset of acute inflammation and inflammatory pain in humans.
BioMed Central - Latest articles May Hamza 2010
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Kinins play an important role in regulation of pain and hyperalgesia after tissue injury and inflammation by activating two types of G-protein-coupled receptors, the kinin B1 and B2 receptors.
BioMed Central - Latest articles May Hamza 2010
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They reported that in endothelial cells, kinin B1 receptors activate iNOS via ERK-mediated phosphorylation of its Ser
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alfredo Csibi et al. 2010
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The present study investigated the changes in gene expression of kinin receptors and the levels of their endogenous ligands at an early time point following tissue injury and their relation to clinical pain, as well as the effect of COX-inhibition on their expression levels.
BioMed Central - Latest articles May Hamza 2010
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It is in the autonomic system, is related to the signals coming into the dorsal horn, but has an additional pathway that can trigger local prostaglandin (at least) release independent of inflammatory substances separate from local kinin-kallikrein.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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