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human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness … Universalium
DMBT1 — Deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 Identifiers Symbols DMBT1; FLJ61058; GP340; MGC164738; muclin External IDs … Wikipedia
SLC11A1 — Solute carrier family 11 (proton coupled divalent metal ion transporters), member 1 Identifiers Symbols SLC11A1; LSH; NRAMP; NRAMP1 External IDs … Wikipedia
asbestosis — Fibrosis of the lung as a result of the chronic inhalation of asbestos fibres. The needle like asbestos fibres are phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages but burst the phagosome (phagocytic vesicle) and kill the macrophage and the cycle is repeated … Dictionary of molecular biology
Microglia — Code TH H2.00.06.2.00004 Microglia are a type of glial cell that are the resident macrophages of the brain and spinal cord, and thus act as the first and main form of active immune defense in the central nervous system (CNS). Microglia constitute … Wikipedia
Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… … Wikipedia
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
circulation — circulable /serr kyeuh leuh beuhl/, adj. /serr kyeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing. 2. the continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels, which is maintained… … Universalium
Anthrax toxin — refers to three proteins secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis . These three proteins act together in a synergistic way in which they are endocytosed and translocated into the cytoplasm of a macrophage, where it… … Wikipedia
Rho family of GTPases — The Rho family of GTPases is a family of small ( 21 kDa) signaling G protein (more specific, a GTPase), and is a subfamily of the Ras superfamily. The members of the Rho GTPase family have been shown to regulate many aspects of intracellular… … Wikipedia
