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upregulator

upregulator noun: a regulator that involves upregulation.

Noun

upregulator (plural upregulators)

  1. A regulator that involves upregulation
    • Cobalt (Co) also plays a relevant role as upregulator of Heme oxygenase-1 by cobalt protoporphyrin IX, thus playing a protective role in a context of autoimmunity, by preventing the expression of MHC class II molecules by antigen-presenting cells, so inhibiting activation and proliferation of...2015 November 12, “Zinc and Other Metals Deficiencies and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: An Ecological Study in the High Risk Sardinia Island”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of upregulator

pluralupregulators

Questions about upregulator

What does upregulator mean?
Upregulator means a regulator that involves upregulation.
What part of speech is upregulator?
Upregulator is a noun.
What is the plural of upregulator?
The plural of upregulator is upregulators.

Words near upregulator in the dictionary

  1. upregulates
  2. upregulating
  3. upregulation
  4. upregulations
  5. upregulative
  6. upregulator
  7. upregulators
  8. upregulatory
  9. uprend
  10. uprendering
  11. uprending

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