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51Catabolism — The energy burning aspect of metabolism. * * * 1. The breaking down in the body of complex chemical compounds into simpler ones ( e.g., glycogen to CO2 and H2O), often accompanied by the liberation of energy. 2. The sum of all degradative… …
52Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
53necrosis — Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage; earliest irreversible changes are mitochondrial, consisting of swelling and granular calcium deposits seen by …
54pathway — 1. A collection of axons establishing a conduction route for nerve impulses from one group of nerve cells to another group or to an effector organ composed of muscle or gland cells. 2. Any sequence of chemical reactions leading from one …
55vigabatrin — An irreversible inhibitor of γ aminobutyric acid transaminase, a degradative enzyme for γ aminobutyric acid (GABA), the inhibitory neurotransmitter. The drug intensifies the effects of GABA and thus inhibition of the central nervous …
56Alveolar macrophage — Micrograph showing hemosiderin laden alveolar marcophages, as seen in a pulmonary haemorrhage. H E stain. An alveolar macrophage (or dust cell) is a type of macrophage found in the pulmonary alveolus, near the pneumocytes, but separated from the… …
57Glycan — Not to be confused with glucan. The term glycan refers to a polysaccharide or oligosaccharide. Glycans usually consist solely of O glycosidic linkages of monosaccharides. For example, cellulose is a glycan (or, to be more specific, a glucan)… …
58PDE4 inhibitor — Piclamilast, a common PDE4 inhibitor A phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitor, commonly referred to as a PDE4 inhibitor, is a drug used to block the degradative action of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) on cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). It is a… …
59Saposin protein domain — Identifiers Symbol SapA Pfam PF02199 InterPro IPR003119 …
60Acide 2-amino-3-carboxymuconique-6-semialdéhyde — Structure de l acide 2 amino 3 carboxymuconique 6 semialdéhyde Général …
