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antisclerostin

antisclerostin adjective: that counters the effect of sclerostin.

Adjective

antisclerostin (not comparable)

  1. That counters the effect of sclerostin
    • However, in OA the findings in preclinical studies using antisclerostin therapy have been disappointing, as genetic absence of sclerostin or antisclerostin therapy with monoclonal antibody had no impact on articular cartilage remodeling in animals with age-dependent OA or post-traumatic OA...2015 June 12, Ioanna Papathanasiou et al., “DNA methylation regulates sclerostin (SOST) expression in osteoarthritic chondrocytes by bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) induced changes in Smads...

Origin of antisclerostin

From anti- + sclerostin.

Questions about antisclerostin

What does antisclerostin mean?
Antisclerostin means that counters the effect of sclerostin.
What part of speech is antisclerostin?
Antisclerostin is an adjective.

Words near antisclerostin in the dictionary

  1. antiscientism
  2. antiscientist
  3. antiscientists
  4. Antiscii
  5. antiscion
  6. antisclerostin
  7. antisclerotic
  8. antiscolic
  9. antiscorbutic
  10. antiscorbutical
  11. antiscorbutics

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