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MolecularCellBiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute | Having severe symptoms and a short course |
| Autoimmune disease | Any of a group of disorders in which tissue injury is associated with humoral or cell-mediated responses to the body's own constituents; they may be systemic or organ-specific. |
| Benign | Describes tumors that are self-limiting in their growth and noninvasive |
| Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) | Bovine serum albumin, Bovine Albumin, BSA, also known as "Fraction V", is a serum albumin protein that has numerous biochemical applications including ELISAs (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay), blots, and immunohistochemistry. It is also used as a nutrie |
| Cancer | Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to ot |
| Carcinogen | Any agent, such as a chemical or a form of radiation, that causes cancer. |
| Carcinogenesis | Generation of a cancer. |
| Carcinoma | Cancer of epithelial cells. The most common form of human cancer. |
| Cellular adhesion | The binding of a cell to another cell or to a surface or matrix |
| Chronic | Persisting for a long time |
| Corpuscle | Any small mass or body.\nWhite corpuscle: ""leukocyte" |
| Cytokine | Extracellular signal protein or peptide that acts as a local mediator in cell-cell communication. |
| Ectoderm | The ectoderm is the start of a tissue that covers the body surfaces. It emerges first and forms from the outermost of the germ layers.\nGenerally speaking, the ectoderm differentiates to form the nervous system, epidermis, and the outer part of integument |
| Endocrine | 1. Secreting internally. 2. Pertaining to internal secretions; hormonal. See also under system. |
| Endothelium | The endothelium is the thin layer of cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. Endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, from the heart t |
| Epithelium | Coherent cell sheet formed from one or more layers of cells covering an external surface or lining a cavity.\n\nThe cellular covering of internal and external body surfaces, including the lining of vessels and small cavities. It consists of cells joined b |
| Epithelium | In biology and formed from epithelial tissue. Epithelium lines both the outside (skin) and the inside cavities and lumen of bodies. The outermost layer of our skin is composed of dead stratified squamous, keratinized epithelial cells. |
| Exocrine glands | Exocrine glands are glands that secrete their products (enzymes) into ducts (duct glands). They are the counterparts to endocrine glands, which secrete their products (hormones) directly into the bloodstream (ductless glands) or release hormones (paracrin |
| Extracellular matrix (ECM) | In biology, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is the extracellular part of animal tissue that usually provides structural support to the animal cells in addition to performing various other important functions. The extracellular matrix is the defining featur |
| Fibrin | An insoluble protein that is essential to clotting of blood, formed from fibrinogen by action of thrombin. |
| Fibroblast | 1. An immature fiber-producing cell of connective tissue capable of differentiating into chondroblast, collagenoblast, or osteoblast. 2. Collagenoblast; the collagen-producing cell. They also proliferate at the site of chronic inflammation. |
| Fibronectin | Fibronectin is a high-molecular weight extracellular matrix glycoprotein that binds to membrane-spanning receptor proteins called integrins.[1] In addition to integrins, fibronectin also binds extracellular matrix components such as collagen, fibrin and h |
| Fibrosarcoma | "explanation" |
| Genetically unstable cells | "explanation" |
| Germ | A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism. |
| Gland | A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones or breast milk, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland). |
| Glucocorticoid | "explanation" |
| Homeostasis | (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes |
| Learn about | Leukemia |
| Leukocyte | "White cell; a colorless blood corpuscle capable of ameboid movement, whose chief function is to protect the body against microorganisms causing disease and which may be classified in two main groups: granular and nongranular." |
| Lumen | a cavity or passage in a tubular orga |
| Lymphocyte | A mononuclear, nongranular leukocyte having a deeply staining nucleus containing dense chromatin and a pale-blue-staining cytoplasm. Chiefly a product of lymphoid tissue, it participates in immunity. |
| Macrophage | Any of the large, mononuclear, highly phagocytic cells derived from monocytes that occur in the walls of blood vessels (adventitial cells) and in loose connective tissue (histiocytes, phagocytic reticular cells). They are components of the reticuloendothe |
| Malignant | Describes tumors and tumor cells that are invasive and/or able to undergo metastasis. A malignant tumor is a cancer. |
| Mast cell | A connective tissue cell capable of elaborating basophilic, metachromatic cytoplasmic granules that contain histamine, heparin, hyaluronic acid, slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis, and, in some species, serotonin. |
| Metastasis | Spread of cancer cells from their site of origin to other sites in the body. |
| Monocyte | Type of white blood cell that leaves the bloodstream and matures into a macrophage in tissues. |
| Neoplasm | tumor |
| Papilloma | A benign tumor derived from epithelium. |
| Phagocyte | Any cell that ingests microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles, such as a microphage, macrophage, or monocyte. |
| Phagocytosis | The engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes. |
| Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) | A buffer solution commonly used in biological research. It is a salty solution containing sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, and (in some formulations) potassium chloride and potassium phosphate. The buffer helps to maintain a constant pH. The osmolarity |
| Primary tumor | "explanation" |
| Sarcoma | Cancer of connective tissue |
| Tissue | Tissue is a cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism. Hence, a tissue is an ensemble of cells, not necessarily identical, but from the same origin, that together carry out a specific function. Organs are then formed |
| Tissue | part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function.\nTissue is a cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism. Hence, a tissue is an ensemble of cells, not necessarily identi |
| Tumor progression | The process by which an initial mildly disordered cell behavior gradually evolves into a full-blown cancer. |
| Uterus | womb (livmoder) |
| Vitronectin | An adhesive glycoprotein whose many functions include regulation of the coagulation, fibrinolytic, and complement cascades, also playing a role in hemostasis, wound healing, tissue remodeling, and cancer, and promoting adhesion, spreading, and migration o |
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