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INDUCED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought about or caused; not spontaneous

Example:

a case of steroid-induced weakness

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

elicited; evoked (called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation)

iatrogenic (induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment))

Antonym:

spontaneous (happening or arising without apparent external cause)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb induce

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 Context examples: 

By looking at the expression of genes known to be turned on during viral infection, they observed that one chemical, camptothecin (CPT), reduced virus-induced gene activation.

(Drug might help treat sepsis, NIH)

Mr. Micawber was induced to think, on inquiry, that there might be an opening for a man of his talent in the Medway Coal Trade.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Recognizing this cause-effect relationship, Kastner’s team named the resulting disease cleavage-resistant RIPK1-induced autoinflammatory (CRIA) syndrome.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (198 aa, ~24 kDa) is encoded by the human AICDA gene.

(Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase, NCI Thesaurus)

Experiments revealed that the morphine-induced pain sensitivity depended on the activation of an inflammasome protein called NLRP3 in microglia.

(Opioid Pain Relievers May Prolong Pain, NIH)

Currently, the only way to minimize stroke-induced cell death is to remove the clot as soon as possible.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

Now a research group has developed a highly selective compound that can effectively block FKBP51 in mice, relieving chronic pain and having positive effects on diet-induced obesity and mood.

(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

“Blood tests on the affected children had shown high levels of interferon-induced proteins,” Goldbach-Mansky notes, “so we were not surprised when the mutated gene turned out to be related to interferon signaling.”

(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)

However, the exact mechanism of acadesine-induced apoptosis is unknown.

(Acadesine, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice and then induced the cells to produce more than two to three times the typical insulin levels when exposed to light.

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)