Example sentences for: sequestered

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  • SMAD4 (DPC4) is essential for this TGFβ 1 signaling and transcriptional activation process [ 16 ] . In epithelial cells, TGFβ 1 decreases c-myc, cdc2 and cyclin D1 expression, and it increases the expression of c-jun and c-fos [ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ] . Activation of the TGFβ 1 signal pathway in epithelial cells leads to an increased expression of the cell cycle inhibitors p21 WAF1and p15 Ink4band to a release of formerly sequestered p27 KIP [ 24 25 26 ] . It is assumed that the cooperative action of these cell cycle inhibitors results in the growth arrest mentioned above, although p15 Ink4bdoes not seem to be necessary in this regard.

  • APC mutations have been identified in medulloblastoma cell lines and up to 4% of sporadic medulloblastomas [ 16 17 ] . Furthermore, point mutations or small deletions in β- catenin exon 3 have been identified in 5-10% of sporadic medulloblastomas and in supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) [ 17 18 19 ] . Finally, large deletions in AXIN were recently found in 12% of sporadic medulloblastomas [ 20 ] . In the absence of Wnt signaling β-catenin is sequestered in the cytoplasm, and nuclear translocation of β-catenin has been used to monitor activation of the Wnt pathway in a number of different tumor types.

  • In addition, a microscopist is only able to count the less pathogenic circulating stages of the parasite, whereas the more pathogenic parasitized erythrocytes, sequestered in the capillaries and containing mature parasites, are not seen and therefore not counted.

  • The paper also offers a glimpse into Monica's vie en scandale: long days sequestered in the Watergate with her mother, watching TV and talking on the phone in code.

  • First, downregulation of cyclin D1 leads to release of p27 Kip1sequestered by the cyclin D1/CDK4 complex.


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