Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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An acute inflammatory autoimmune neuritis caused by T cell- mediated cellular immune response directed towards peripheral myelin. Demyelination occurs in peripheral nerves and nerve roots. The ...

Thrombin-activated factor viii

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Activated form of factor VIII. The B-domain of factor VIII is proteolytically cleaved by thrombin to form factor VIIIa. Factor VIIIa exists as a non-covalent dimer in a metal-linked (probably ...

Transcription factor ap2

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A family of DNA binding proteins that regulate expression of a variety of genes during cell differentiation and apoptosis. Family members contain a highly conserved carboxy-terminal basic ...

Arp3 protein

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A component of the Arp2-3 complex that is related in sequence and structure to actin and that binds ATP. It is expressed at higher levels than Arp2 protein and does not contain a profilin binding ...

Factor xia

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Activated form of factor XI. In the intrinsic pathway, factor XI is activated to XIa by factor XIIa in the presence of cofactor HMWK; (high molecular weight kininogen). Factor XIa then activates ...

Uphill transport

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The movement of materials across cell membranes and epithelial layers against an electrochemical gradient, requiring the expenditure of metabolic energy.

Fibrinoligase

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Activated form of factor XIII, a transglutaminase, which stabilises the formation of the fibrin polymer (clot) culminating the blood coagulation cascade.