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colonosphere

colonosphere noun: a colonic spheroid.

Noun

colonosphere (plural colonospheres)

  1. A colonic spheroid
    • It has been shown that SET knockdown was shown to negatively affect tumorigenesis in CML [ 32 ], and silence of SET with siRNAs in CRC cell lines induced a decrease in the cell growth and colonosphere formation ability in both number and size of the spheres formed [ 25 ].2015 April 14, Hao Liu et al., “Overexpression of PP2A inhibitor SET oncoprotein is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in human non-small cell lung cancer”, in Oncotarget, volume 6

Forms of colonosphere

pluralcolonospheres

Origin of colonosphere

From colono- + -sphere.

Questions about colonosphere

What does colonosphere mean?
Colonosphere means a colonic spheroid.
What part of speech is colonosphere?
Colonosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of colonosphere?
The plural of colonosphere is colonospheres.

Words near colonosphere in the dictionary

  1. colonoscopically
  2. colonoscopies
  3. colonoscopist
  4. colonoscopists
  5. colonoscopy
  6. colonosphere
  7. colonospheres
  8. colons
  9. Colonsay
  10. colonus
  11. colony

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