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- noun biochemistry an
amino acid sequence , (normally at one or more ends), that have afunction inbuilding orconforming aprotein and areproteolytically removed atmaturity
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A biomarker relevant to bone metastasis (serum CTX, collagen telopeptide) showed a response lasting 24 hours.
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UroToday. com - N-telopeptide (uNTx) levels measured the in serum of cancer patients reflect bone turnover, excessive bone resorption and are predictive of skeletal related events (SREs), cancer progression and death.
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(BSAP), a marker of bone formation, while a marker of bone resorption, C-terminal type 1 collagen telopeptide (CTX), decreased.
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Cross-linked N-telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTx) is a specific indicator of bone resorption, generated by osteoclasts as a degradation product of type 1 collagen.
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Chestnut CH 3rd, Bell NH, Clark GS, et al. Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: urinary N-telopeptide of type I collagen monitors therapeutic effect and predicts response of bone mineral density.
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UroToday. com - N-telopeptide (uNTx) levels measured the in serum of cancer patients reflect bone turnover, excessive bone resorption and are predictive of skeletal related events (SREs), cancer progression and death.
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Those receiving bicarbonate, in an amount equivalent to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, experienced much lower levels of calcium loss in the urine, as well as a loss of N-telopeptide, the biochemical marker of bone resorption.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Those receiving bicarbonate, in an amount equivalent to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, experienced much lower levels of calcium loss in the urine, as well as a loss of N-telopeptide, the biochemical marker of bone resorption.
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Measurement of serum carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type i collagen concentration in dogs with osteosarcoma.
Muti 2008
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