Evidence has been accumulated indicating that the Harderian gland in vertebrates is a target organ for hormone action. The effects of steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, growth hormone, and prolactin upon cellular growth, secretion, differentiation, and metabolic activities of the gland have been well...
b.Any of various organs, such as lymph nodes, that resemble true glands but perform a nonsecretory function. 2.BotanyAn organ or a structure that secretes a substance. [Frenchglande, from Old Frenchglandre, alteration of Latinglandula, diminutive ofglāns, gland-,acorn.] ...
In medical terms, metastasis occurs when tumor cells from their primary site invade the basal tissue and enter the bloodstream; once they find an appropriate organ, they attach to it and proliferate. From a biological and biochemical perspective, metastasis includes EMT (epithelial-mesenchymal transiti...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation between the meridian distribution of prescription for tonifying kidney and the expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) mRNA of target organ in experimental osteoporosis. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A randomized control animal experiment was ...
During lymphoid organ formation, stromal organizer cells express lymphotoxin-β receptor (LTβR), and LTi cells that seed the developing lymph node express lymphotoxin-α1β2. The interaction of the two results in an up-regulation of adhesion molecules and chemokines that facilitate the attraction...
Organ-specific metastasis is the primary cause of cancer patient death. The distant metastasis of tumor cells to specific organs depends on both the intrinsic characteristics of the tumor cells and extrinsic factors in their microenvironment. During an i
It is driven by low internal sodium concentrations in the thyroid epithelial cells, by means of facilitated diffusion, caused by the sodium/potassium ATPase pump. Active transport of iodine into the thyroid gland is an important step in the process of iodide organification and the formation of ...
72% from radiologists involved in divisions organized by organ/systems. Protocols for managing acute diverticulitis had been in effect in 48% of departments. Ultrasonography had been the first imaging strategy in 47.5%, and 73percent of the participants considered that ultrasonography ought to be the...
Obesity is a pathological enlargement of the adipose organ; this process involves the whitening and functional impairment of thermogenic brown adipose tissue and the inflammation of hypertrophied adipose depots. The occurrence of these two phenomena at visceral fat sites causes the most dangerous outcomes...
Gene silencing based on short interfering RNAs (siRNA) has been demonstrated in several organ- isms, including in cultured mammalian cells8, and works by targeting complementary messenger RNA (mRNA) thereby activating the RISC complex causing sequence-specific mRNA degradation. Short hair- pin RNAs ...