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EXTRACELLULAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located or occurring outside a cell or cells

Example:

extracellular fluid

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Antonym:

intracellular (located or occurring within a cell or cells)

Pertainym:

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

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 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes stromelysin-2 protein, is involved in proteolysis of components of the extracellular matrix.

(MMP10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in wound repair and the regulation of extracellular matrix remodeling.

(MMP3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the proteolysis of extracellular matrix proteins.

(Myeloblastin, NCI Thesaurus)

They regulate the extracellular ionic and chemical environment, and "reactive astrocytes" (along with microglia) respond to injury.

(Murine Astrocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

EGFR, a member of the epidermal growth factor family of extracellular protein ligands, may be overexpressed on the cell surfaces of various tumor cell types.

(Necitumumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Any cellular process that reduces the frequency, rate or extent of adhesion between cells and the underlying extracellular matrix.

(Negative Regulation of Cell-Matrix Adhesion, NCI Thesaurus)

CD44 is involved in the interaction of neutrophils with endothelial cells and the extracellular matrix during inflammation.

(Neutrophil Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A variant of gastric adenocarcinoma with more than half of the tumor containing extracellular mucinous pools.

(Mucinous Gastric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes C-type mannose receptor 2, plays a role in extracellular matrix remodeling and may play a role in tumorigenesis and metastasis.

(MRC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes matrilysin protein, is involved in the catabolism of extracellular matrix proteins.

(MMP7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)