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Upregulation meaning

The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors increases in order to increase sensitivity.

Using Upregulation

  • The main meaning on this page is: The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors increases in order to increase sensitivity.

Context around Upregulation

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Upregulation

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is called upregulation 1× of an upregulation of transporters 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cancer cells take 1×

Common sentence endings:

of the fullerenes 1×

Words around Upregulation

Just before it in the word index:

upregulated 2 upregulate 4 uprating 5 uprated 9 upraising 2 upraised 4

Just after it in the word index:

uprety 2 upright 503 uprightly 3 uprightness 8 uprights 53 uprise 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Upregulation

  • In this selection, "upregulation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is called upregulation and of an upregulation of transporters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "upregulation" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with upregulation

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This is called upregulation. (4 words)

Cancer cells take up these molecules at an increased rate because of an upregulation of transporters in the cancer cell, in this case amino acid transporters will bring in the L-arginine and L-phenylalanine functional groups of the fullerenes. (40 words)

Longer example sentences

Cancer cells take up these molecules at an increased rate because of an upregulation of transporters in the cancer cell, in this case amino acid transporters will bring in the L-arginine and L-phenylalanine functional groups of the fullerenes. (40 words)

This is called upregulation. (4 words)

Example sentences (2)

This is called upregulation.

Cancer cells take up these molecules at an increased rate because of an upregulation of transporters in the cancer cell, in this case amino acid transporters will bring in the L-arginine and L-phenylalanine functional groups of the fullerenes.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "upregulation" in a sentence?
An example: "This is called upregulation." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "upregulation" from authentic English texts.
What does "upregulation" mean?
Upregulation means: The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors increases in order to increase sensitivity.
How many example sentences with "upregulation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "upregulation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.