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- noun uncountable The condition of being
tumorigenic - noun countable The extent to which a substance is tumorigenic
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Examples
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Simian Virus 40, one of the simplest animal viruses that transform cultured cells to tumorigenicity.
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The studies will evaluate the in vivo safety and tumorigenicity of neuronal cells as well as their ability to develop into functioning dopaminergic neuron-like cells to treat Parkinson's disease.
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Expression of these miRNAs inhibits cell proliferation, promotes apoptosis of cancer cells, and suppresses tumorigenicity both in vitro and in vivo. miR-15a and miR-16-1 function by targeting multiple oncogenes, including BCL2,
Naturejobs - All Jobs R I Aqeilan 2010
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Lopez De Cicco R, Mahloogi H, Zucker S, Thomas G, et al. (2001) Furin inhibition results in absent or decreased invasiveness and tumorigenicity of human cancer cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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RNA interference-mediated knockdown of NEFH accelerated ESCC cell growth in culture and increased tumorigenicity
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Myoung Sook Kim et al. 2010
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Finally, the list of genes contains suppression of tumorigenicity 13 (ST13) and microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Filip Simunovic et al. 2010
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Benvenisty N (2008) The tumorigenicity of human embryonic stem cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Outi Hovatta et al. 2010
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Siegfried G, Prat A, Luis J, Chretien M, et al. (2001) Inhibition of proprotein convertases is associated with loss of growth and tumorigenicity of HT-29 human colon carcinoma cells: importance of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptor processing in IGF-1-mediated functions.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katarina Hajdin et al. 2010
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Several studies demonstrated that melanoma cells differentiate into endothelial-like cells leading to enhanced tumor growth Our observations suggest that the skeletal muscle microenvironment contributes to the partial loss of tumorigenicity through a phenotypic conversion into muscle.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ara Parlakian et al. 2010
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Because of the potential for tumorigenicity shown for albuterol in animal studies and lack of experience with the use of Ventolin HFA by nursing mothers, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.
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