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  • noun organic chemistry A diterpene derived from croton oil

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  • Seed collection toxins, such as phorbol esters,4 adding to its value.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • My period in Freiburg permitted me to also work on other aspects of tumour virology: I discovered the potent activity of some phorbol esters in inducing latent Epstein-Barr virus DNA.

    Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography 2009

  • GSCHW EN DT, M. and HECKER, E. (1969) Tumour-promoting compounds from Euphorbia triangularis: mono-and diesters of 12-desoxy-phorbol.

    Chapter 5 1953

  • D. and EVANS, F.J. (1974) A quantitative gas-liquid chromatographic method for phorbol and related diterpenes as their acetates.

    Chapter 5 1953

  • Using phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), it is possible to overcome this block in THP-1 cells (an M5-AML containing the MLL-MLLT3 fusion), resulting in differentiation to an adherent monocytic phenotype.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs A R R Forrest 2010

  • In murine pre-B and mouse T-cell hybridoma cell lines, optineurin expression was upregulated by tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interferon and its phosphorylation was induced upon phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • The chip was used to study the immune response of pigs following stimulation of porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or a mixture of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and ionomycin for 24 hours.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yu Gao 2010

  • Using phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), it is possible to overcome this block in THP-1 cells (an M5-AML containing the MLL-MLLT3 fusion), resulting in differentiation to an adherent monocytic phenotype.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs A R R Forrest 2010

  • In murine pre-B and mouse T-cell hybridoma cell lines, optineurin expression was upregulated by tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and interferon and its phosphorylation was induced upon phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hongyu Ying et al. 2010

  • (N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine [fMLP] and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate [PMA]) or a combination of a priming and an activating agonist.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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