amyloid / ˈæm əˌlɔɪd /

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amyloid2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. Biochemistry. a waxy, translucent substance, composed primarily of protein fibers, that is deposited in various organs of animals in certain diseases.
  2. a nonnitrogenous food consisting especially of starch.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. Also am·y·loi·dal. of, resembling, or containing amylum.

更多amyloid例句

  1. There’s no certainty as to why turmeric has this beneficial effect, but researchers believe it’s because of the plant’s anti-inflammatory properties, which help keep Alzheimer’s-causing amyloid plaques from building up between neurons.
  2. Böke is working to understand how these amyloid fibers assemble and dissolve, which could lead to new strategies for treating infertility or neurodegenerative diseases.
  3. When the oocyte starts to mature into an egg, those amyloid fibers dissolve and the Balbiani body disappears, explains Elvan Böke, a cell and developmental biologist at the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona.
  4. Each of these cells has a Balbiani body, a large condensate of amyloid protein found in the oocytes of organisms ranging from spiders to humans.
  5. Aducanumab works by targeting so-called amyloid plaques, which are proteins that build up in the brain and are common among dementia patients.
  6. Previous drugs targeting amyloid precursor protein, or APP, have failed.
  7. Here, the blockage of RNA prevents extra amyloid from being produced by targeting its precursor protein and making less of it.
  8. Beta amyloid, which OL-1 is meant to lower, was first implicated in the disease at its identification by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
  9. Dominating the research field is a protein called beta amyloid, identified by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
  10. Most researchers think the disease is caused by the build-up of beta amyloid.
  11. Amyloid, am′i-loid, n. a half-gelatinous substance like starch, found in some seeds.
  12. Eberth35 maintains that in all cases the amyloid disturbance is seated in the connective tissue.
  13. Amyloid degeneration represents no mere substitution, but an addition, since the affected tissue is increased in volume.
  14. The waxy transformation of muscular fibre, however, does not present the reaction with iodine characteristic of amyloid substance.
  15. To these may be added the fatty degenerations associated with amyloid and interstitial processes.