thrombospondin
Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various…Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Origin
From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to itFrom thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723
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Forms
plural: thrombospondins| Singular | thrombospondin |
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