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Cellular processes involving Akt and FoxO transcription factors that play a role in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.  

Akt are protein kinases involved in mammalian cellular signaling, inhibits apoptotic processes.  

A movement disorder often caused by long-term use of antipsychotic medications. A subjective sense of restlessness accompanied by fidgeting of the legs, rocking from foot to foot, pacing, or being unable to sit or stand. symptoms develop within a few weeks of starting or raising the dose of a conventional antipsychotic medication or of reducing…

AhR, aryl hydrocarbon receptor, a cytosolic protein transcription factor.  

A fever (such as from malaria) that is marked by paroxysms of chills, fever, and sweating that recurs with regular intervals. Malarial or comparable intermittent fever. An obsolete term used to describe the fever associated with malaria and similar illnesses is “ague,” characterized by alternating sensations of intense heat and chilling coldness experienced by the…

A drug that binds to a receptor of a cell and triggers a response by the cell. In pharmacology, a substance that promotes, stimulates or mimics a receptor-mediated biological response by binding to the cell receptors. Contrast with antagonist. A muscle that is a prime mover, directly responsible for a particular action. Substance that binds…

The clumping of antigens with antibodies or of the red blood cells from one type of blood with the red blood cells of another type. A clumping together of cells. The act of coming together or sticking to one another to form a clump, as of bacteria cells in the presence of serum, or blood…

A protein substance, such as an antibody, that is capable of causing agglutination (clumping) of a particular antigen. Antibodies that function with homologous antigens to form lumping or agglutination. A factor in a serum which makes cells stick together in clumps. Antibodies demonstrated by their ability to agglutinate their corresponding antigen. Where the antigen is…

Lack of milk after parturition (birth). Failure of the mother to secrete enough milk to feed a suckling infant. Absence of milk or milk flow. A condition in which a mother is unable to produce milk after childbirth. Condition in which milk is not secreted or is not contained in a mother’s breasts after she…

An inherited disorder in which there are very low levels of protective immune proteins called immunoglobulins. Cf. x-linked agammaglobulinaemia. A deficiency or absence of immunoglobulins in the blood, which results in a reduced ability to provide immune responses. An rare inherited condition found only in males, in which there is no gamma-globulin in the blood.…