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- verb Present participle of
up-regulate .
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Examples
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"The rapidly aging mice switched their activity from growth to maintenance and repair, up-regulating cellular defenses and down-regulating respiration and metabolism," Hoeijmakers says.
Boing Boing 2006
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Most amazingly, in recent years several natural substances such as pterostilbene from blueberries have demonstrated a wide range of positive effects on gene expression, up-regulating many disease-protective, antiaging genetic functions.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Most amazingly, in recent years several natural substances such as pterostilbene from blueberries have demonstrated a wide range of positive effects on gene expression, up-regulating many disease-protective, antiaging genetic functions.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Cinnamon extract strongly inhibited tumor cell proliferation in vitro and induced active cell death of tumor cells by up-regulating pro-apoptotic molecules while inhibiting NFB and
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Kroll TG, Allard P, Ye K (2004) Pike-a is amplified in human cancers and prevents apoptosis by up-regulating akt.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ethan Cerami et al. 2010
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This can cause cancer by up-regulating genes for cell division or by down-regulating tumour suppressor genes.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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Many studies have suggested that, just as with any drug addiction, the brain strives to return to its normal function while under "attack" from caffeine by up-regulating, or creating more adenosine receptors.
Gizmodo Kevin Purdy 2010
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This can cause cancer by up-regulating genes for cell division or by down-regulating tumour suppressor genes.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This family of proteins can protect against the damage by increasing the concentration of antioxidants within cells and by up-regulating proteins that repair the damage done by reactive oxidative species.
CosmeticsDesign RSS 2009
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This family of proteins can protect against the damage by increasing the concentration of antioxidants within cells and by up-regulating proteins that repair the damage done by reactive oxidative species.
CosmeticsDesign RSS 2009
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