efflux

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Assanasen C, Mineo C, Seetharam D, Yuhanna IS, Marcel YL, et al. (2005) Cholesterol binding, efflux, and a PDZ-interacting domain of scavenger receptor-BI mediate HDL-initiated signaling.

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  1. noun A flowing outward.
  2. noun Something that flows out or forth; an effluence.
  3. noun A passing or an expiration, as of time.

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  • Of personal influence, speaking strictly,—an efflux, that is, purely of mind and character, excluding all effects of power, wealth, fashion, beauty, or literary fame,—she had an extraordinary degree; I think more than any person I have known. —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. I
  • This study on a large, diverse set of marketed compounds clearly demonstrates that permeability, Pgp-mediated efflux, and certain physicochemical properties are factors that differentiate CNS and non-CNS drugs. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Polyglutamylated pralatrexate essentially becomes "trapped" inside cancer cells, making it less susceptible to efflux-based drug resistance. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • However, intrinsic mechanisms not commonly specified by mobile elements -- such as efflux pumps that expel multiple kinds of antibiotics -- are now recognized as major contributors to multidrug resistance in bacteria. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The uptake and efflux of TSA in primary rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (RBMVECs) were altered in the presence of a PgP inhibitor or multidrug-resistance-associated protein (Mrp1 / 2) inhibitor. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Latin efflūxus, past participle of effluere, to flow out; see effluent.

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  1. = Spanish (obsolete) eflujo = It efflusso, from Latin as if *effluxus, n., from effluere, past participle effluxus, flow out: see effluent.
  2. from Latin effluxus, past participle: see the noun.
 

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