macrovesicles

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A form of macrovesicle — A vesicle in which a large amount of lipid has accumulated as a result of steatosis

Scrabble 22

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of macrovesicle

    Pan et al. found that overexpressed miR-130b in HeLa-229 cells can be packaged into macrovesicles and shuttled into recipient primary cultured porcine adipocytes to reduce fat deposition by suppressing its target gene PPAR-α, involving in regulation of fat deposition[48 ].

    2015 November 19, “MiR130b-Regulation of PPARγ Coactivator- 1α Suppresses Fat Metabolism in Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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