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Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry Any of a group of secreted glycoproteins with antiangiogenic properties

Etymologies

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Coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.

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Examples

  • The molecule that works this magic is a protein called thrombospondin-1, or TSP1, suggesting that this particular offensive guard might be a potent drug for saving heart-attack victims; restoring blood flow in patients with severe diabetes, in which impaired blood flow leads to gangrene; and treating hypertension.

    Desperately Seeking Cures 2010

  • Through cell culture and mouse experiments, the researchers found that a protein called thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) and its receptor, CD47, inhibit activation of the endothelial-based enzyme called endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), which in turn limits the production of

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Through cell culture and mouse experiments, the researchers found that a protein called thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) and its receptor, CD47, inhibit activation of the endothelial-based enzyme called endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), which in turn limits the production of

    The Times of India 2010

  • In addition, a very intense repression of THBS1 (thrombospondin 1) was observed.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yu Gao 2010

  • TGF-β1 also regulates the behaviour of keratinocytes by inducing the expression of various ECM proteins such as tenascin, thrombospondin, fibronectin, vitronectin, collagen and several proteoglycans etc.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Salem Adra et al. 2010

  • Adamts5 (a disintegrin-like and metallopeptidase (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 5 (aggrecanase-2)) was found in UD

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Veronica Ulici et al. 2010

  • Adamts5 (a disintegrin-like and metallopeptidase (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 5 (aggrecanase-2)) was found in UD

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • C. elegans resembles thrombospondin, the protein secreted by glia in vertabrates, the researchers suggest that the glia-neuron relationships observed in chance

    Serendip's Exchange - 2009

  • With respect to gonadal function, Adamts19 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain, with thrombospondin type-1 modules), significantly up-regulated in 20\% CR, 40\% CR and HFG diets, has been shown to be expressed in multiple tissues, and in particular the testes

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Katsube K, Michikawa M, Yamada M, Takada S, et al. (2004) R-spondin, a novel gene with thrombospondin type 1 domain, was expressed in the dorsal neural tube and affected in Wnts mutants.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Payel Bhanja et al. 2009

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