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microenvironment - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun noun
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noun area that has different characteristics than its surroundingsnoun biology The very small environment in the immediate vicinity of an organism
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Bethel CAI, Steinkirchner T, Zanjani ED, Flake AW: The stromal microenvironment of human fetal hematopoiesis; in vitro morphologic studies.
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The microenvironment may either facilitate or keep under control whether the cells disseminate, said study first author Dr. Patricia A. Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Los Angeles.
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WEINBERG: The microenvironment not only fosters the growth of the initial tumor.
Targeting Cancer Gangs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
So not only does the microenvironment provide various kinds of supportive signals for the cancer cells, but interestingly, it also sends out signals that encourage the cancer cells to acquire more aggressive traits that ultimately empower them to invade and metastasize.
Targeting Cancer Gangs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
WEINBERG: The microenvironment not only fosters the growth of the initial tumor.
Targeting Cancer Gangs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
WEINBERG: The microenvironment not only fosters the growth of the initial tumor.
Targeting Cancer Gangs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
So not only does the microenvironment provide various kinds of supportive signals for the cancer cells, but interestingly, it also sends out signals that encourage the cancer cells to acquire more aggressive traits that ultimately empower them to invade and metastasize.
Targeting Cancer Gangs Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010
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