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sclerostin

sclerostin noun: a glycoprotein that has an antianabolic effect on bone formation.

Noun

sclerostin (uncountable)

  1. A glycoprotein that has an antianabolic effect on bone formation.
    • AMG785 and AMG167 are humanized monoclonal antibodies against sclerostin that have not yet completed all phases of clinical trials.2015 July 8, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Abdollahi, “Targeting metabolic disorders by natural products”, in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, volume 14, →DOI

Words formed from sclerostin

Questions about sclerostin

What does sclerostin mean?
Sclerostin means a glycoprotein that has an antianabolic effect on bone formation.
What part of speech is sclerostin?
Sclerostin is a noun.

Words near sclerostin in the dictionary

  1. sclerosomatid
  2. sclerosomatids
  3. sclerosponge
  4. sclerosponges
  5. sclerosteosis
  6. sclerostin
  7. sclerostomies
  8. sclerostomy
  9. sclerotal
  10. sclerotals
  11. sclerote

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