Glossary
Angiogenesis
Growth of new blood vessels from existing ones.
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Apoptosis
Cell suicide, where the cell activates a signalling pathway ordering cell death without lysis or damage to other cells.
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Auto-phosphorylation
When a kinase phosphorylates itself.
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Cytokine
Extracellular signal that mediates communication between neighbouring cells. Can be involved in the inflammatory response.
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Cytoplasmic
A molecule that remains within the cytoplasm of the cell.
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Differentiation
Process in which a cell become specialised.
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Dimerisation
When two of the same molecules bind together.
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Growth factors
Extracellular peptide signal that, on binding to a receptor, stimulates growth and proliferation
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Jak-STAT signalling
A signalling cascade involving the tyrosine kinase Janus (Jak) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATS).
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MAPK
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase, a protein kinase that relays signals from plasma membrane to nucleus.
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