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IMPLICATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Culpably involved
Example:
an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime
Synonyms:
concerned; implicated
Classified under:
Similar:
involved (connected by participation or association or use)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb implicate
Context examples:
Maria and Julia, and especially Maria, were so closely implicated in Mr. Crawford's misconduct, that she could not give his character, such as she believed it, without betraying them.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Defects in many of the molecules that regulate the cell cycle have been implicated in cancer.
(Cyclin Regulation of Cell Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This gene is involved in immune processes and has been implicated in cancer metastasis.
(CXCL1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Overexpression of EGFR, a tyrosine kinase, and its upregulated activity have been implicated in the pathogeneses of several malignancies.
(Monoclonal Antibody RG 83852, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in DNA mismatch repair and has been implicated in several cancers.
(MSH3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Several species of Campylobacter have been implicated in human disease.
(Campylobacter, NCI Thesaurus)
The CB1 receptors are expressed predominantly in central and peripheral neurons and receptor stimulation has been implicated in the reduction of chemotherapy-induced nausea.
(Nabilone, NCI Thesaurus)
Caveolins are also implicated in drug resistance in cancer cells.
(Caveolin 1, NCI Thesaurus)
A and B homodimers are implicated in transformation.
(Oncogene SIS, NCI Thesaurus)
Implicated in a variety of human tumors, mutations of specific amino acids activate RAS to transform cells.
(Oncogene K-Ras, NCI Thesaurus)
