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calcilytics

calcilytics is the plural of calcilytic.

Meaning of calcilytic

Noun

calcilytic (plural calcilytics)

  1. Any antagonist of a calcium-sensing receptor; especially such a drug used for the treatment of osteoporosis
    • Treatment with NPS2143, an antagonist of CaSR or calcilytic, clearly suppressed the cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner (IC 50 = 2.64 μM) in IPAH-PASMCs, but not in normal and CTEPH PASMCs. Another calcilytic, Calhex 231, which is structurally unrelated to NPS2143, also...2015 September 17, “Inhibition of Excessive Cell Proliferation by Calcilytics in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about calcilytics

What is calcilytics the plural of?
Calcilytics is the plural of calcilytic.

Words near calcilytics in the dictionary

  1. calcigerous
  2. calcilutite
  3. calcilutites
  4. calcilutitic
  5. calcilytic
  6. calcilytics
  7. calcimedin
  8. calcimedins
  9. calcimeter
  10. calcimeters
  11. calcimetry

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