How to Use extracellular in a Sentence

extracellular

adjective
Definition of extracellularnext
  • In fact, that little bit of coldness in the tip of the nose was enough to take nearly 42% of the extracellular vesicles out of the fight, Bleier said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The extracellular amyloid plaques weren’t killing the cells — because the cells were already dead.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The purple web seen in the GIF is part of a mouse’s extracellular matrix, the scaffold that holds together organs’ cells.
    — Jeffery Delviscio, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2019
  • But the fundamental premise, that extracellular amyloid plaques are the trigger for all the other pathologies, has stayed the same.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Instead of trying to recreate the band-aid, the team decides to mimic what's known as extracellular matrix (ECM).
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
  • Ions are suffusing your extracellular fluid, all the stuff that bathes you.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • The extracellular matrix, which was initially laid down in a haphazard fashion, is broken down and replaced in a more durable way.
    — Matthew Steinhauser, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Recent research has linked forces in the extracellular matrix to the development of fruit fly eggs, for example.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2022
  • After growing back some of the lost tissue in Yancy’s leg with an extracellular matrix, Rodriguez took skin from Yancy’s upper thigh and grafted it into the wound to fill the remainder of the hole.
    — Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2017
  • In some cases, collagen and other extracellular substances can travel outside the bounds of the original wound, causing bumps or nodules in the skin called keloids.
    — Claire Bugos, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021
  • The past five years have seen an explosion of research into extracellular vesicles.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2018
  • As these cells drain and shrink, their membranes pull away against the points of adhesion to the nearby extracellular matrix, creating mechanical stress.
    — Daniel Engber, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Tosar’s search for extracellular ribosomes outside of vesicles built on this work.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • Recently, a team of Ottawa scientists stripped an apple of its plant cells, carved a fruit slice to look like a human ear and filled its extracellular matrix with cervical tissue.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2017
  • Making the extracellular region under the skin more porous allows larger quantities of the drug to be injected.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • This precious mucus contains tiny extracellular vesicles—nano-sized lipid spheres—that may be critical to combating viruses like those that cause the common cold.
    — Maggie Chen, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023
  • When under attack, the nose increases production of extracellular vesicles by 160%, the study found.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The researchers' process also spurred growth of an extracellular matrix closely resembling that of human bone tissue.
    — Anna Goshua, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • Stressed cells release ATP and other molecules made by mitochondria into the extracellular space through channels in the cell membrane.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • The major extracellular protein in the body, collagen is most often found in fibrous tissues like skin, ligaments, tendons, and others.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • And last year, researchers found indirect evidence of ribosomes in the extracellular space.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • Both donanemab and lecanemab bind to various forms of beta amyloid in the brain and are intended to promote their clearance from the extracellular deposits knowns as plaques that many scientists suspect cause neurons to malfunction and die.
    — Byjohn Travis, science.org, 3 May 2023
  • In normal body-heat conditions, the nose successfully deployed extracellular vesicles that bond and block viruses from entering the body.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Other researchers decoded the genes that synthesized the extracellular matrix and how this matrix could vary between species and even within the same individual.
    — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2017
  • The reasons for these molecular voyages have remained mysterious, but in recent years evidence has accrued that this extracellular RNA may have a different job, at least in some organisms.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
  • Microscope images revealed a healthy, more normal extracellular matrix—the network of proteins and molecules that provide structure to tissue.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2023
  • These tiny, extracellular organelles exert precise microfluidic control over life-sustaining liquids in the body.
    — Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American, 11 July 2022
  • For example, the enzyme neutrophil elastase, which neutrophils release to kill invading bacteria, also erodes the extracellular matrix, the mesh of proteins and sugars that cradles cells and provides structural support for tissue.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Like a traditional massage, the gun aims to reduce inflammation by flushing extracellular fluids such as lymph fluid and venous blood out of the muscle tissue and into the circulatory system.
    — Pam Moore, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2020
  • VentriGel contains a variety of large molecules, collectively known as the extracellular matrix, that supports cells.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019

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