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PLASMA PROTEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the proteins in blood plasma
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plasma protein" is a kind of...):
protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plasma protein"):
gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)
clotting factor; coagulation factor (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)
Holonyms ("plasma protein" is a substance of...):
blood plasma; plasm; plasma (the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended)
Context examples:
Upon intravenous injection, ICG rapidly binds to its principle carrier, plasma protein, and is thereby confined to the vascular space.
(Indocyanine Green Solution, NCI Thesaurus)
Antibodies directed against plasma proteins (such as beta-2-glycoprotein I, prothrombin, or annexin V) bound to anionic phospholipids.
(Lupus Anticoagulant Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
Factor IX is a vitamin k-dependent plasma protein that participates in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation by converting factor X to its active form in the presence of ca(2+) ions, phospholipids, and factor VIIIa.
(Coagulation Factor IX, NCI Thesaurus)
Expressed in liver, human CETP B2 Allele is a variant form of CETP Gene (BPI/LBP Family), which encodes Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein, a secreted plasma protein involved in the transfer of insoluble cholesteryl esters among lipoproteins in the reverse transport of cholesterol, a vital step in normal cholesterol metabolism and homeostasis.
(CETP 2 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Expressed in liver, human CETP B1 Allele is a variant form of CETP Gene (BPI/LBP Family), which encodes Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein, a secreted plasma protein involved in the transfer of insoluble cholesteryl esters among lipoproteins in the reverse transport of cholesterol, a vital step in normal cholesterol metabolism and homeostasis.
(CETP 1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Almotriptan may also relieve vascular headaches by preventing the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular trigeminal axons in the dura mater during a migraine, by reducing extravasation of plasma proteins, and by decreasing the release of other mediators of inflammation from the trigeminal nerve.
(Almotriptan, NCI Thesaurus)
Aminocaproic acid competitively inhibits activation of plasminogen, thereby reducing conversion of plasminogen to plasmin (fibrinolysin), an enzyme that degrades fibrin clots as well as fibrinogen and other plasma proteins including the procoagulant factors V and VIII.
(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Histologically, inflammation involves a complex series of events, including dilatation of arterioles, capillaries, and venules, with increased permeability and blood flow; exudation of fluids, including plasma proteins; and leukocyte migration into the site of inflammation.
(Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)
