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  • verb transitive To modulate to a lower level.

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down +‎ modulate

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  • The effect of zinc counteracting hypoxia outcome was specific as another antioxidant, i.e., vitamin C, did neither downmodulate HIF-1 target genes nor affected drug response (data not shown).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lavinia Nardinocchi et al. 2009

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