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- noun biology A type VI intermediate filament (IF)
protein , expressed mostly innerve cells where it isimplicated in the radial growth of theaxon .
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David Berman, an assistant professor of pathology, urology and oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his colleagues identified the unsuspected potential problem with treatments that suppress testosterone after discovering that the gene that codes for the protein, called nestin, was active in lab-grown human prostate cancer cells.
Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May SPREAD Cancer GreenFertility 2007
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David Berman, an assistant professor of pathology, urology and oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his colleagues identified the unsuspected potential problem with treatments that suppress testosterone after discovering that the gene that codes for the protein, called nestin, was active in lab-grown human prostate cancer cells.
Archive 2007-10-01 GreenFertility 2007
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The cells also carried the protein nestin, which is a marker for nerve stem cells and is also present in neuroblastoma cells.
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The new virus demonstrated significantly higher antitumor activity in cells with high levels of nestin compared with older viruses, but there was no difference in low-nestin cells.
A Possible New Weapon to Battle Brain Tumors Ann Lukits 2011
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The virus was engineered to replicate in cells with high levels of nestin, a protein present in glioblastomas and certain other cancers, including prostate, pancreatic and breast.
A Possible New Weapon to Battle Brain Tumors Ann Lukits 2011
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June 4, 2010 at 9:15 am nestin fail… stupy wp. shud b at 9:09 italiana.
..and after cruely - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Monogamous homebodies, eagles mate for life and build one nestin their home area.
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Ai did ask teh cheezs fer an updayt on burger/nestin status eerlier tewdai.
omg a capshun! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Monogamous homebodies, eagles mate for life and build one nestin their home area.
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Curious about whether prostate cancer cells in people also produce nestin, the researchers looked for it in cells taken from men who had surgery to remove locally confined cancers of their prostates and found none.
Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May SPREAD Cancer GreenFertility 2007
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