extracellular
adjective
ex·tra·cel·lu·lar
ˌek-strə-ˈsel-yə-lər 
: situated or occurring outside a cell or the cells of the body
extracellular digestion
extracellular enzymes
extracellularly
adverb
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Inside the body, the nanofibers align with the extracellular matrix of surrounding tissue and mimic natural cellular communication.
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New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2024
The protein amyloid-beta makes up extracellular plaques in the brain, which are a hallmark pathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 June 2024
Roughly 20% of them were genes that either encode components or regulators of the extracellular matrix, which was huge for us.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024
The Company's DNase platform is designed to improve outcomes of existing treatments, including immunotherapies, by targeting neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are involved in cancer progression.
—Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
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New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2024
The protein amyloid-beta makes up extracellular plaques in the brain, which are a hallmark pathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 June 2024
Roughly 20% of them were genes that either encode components or regulators of the extracellular matrix, which was huge for us.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024
The Company's DNase platform is designed to improve outcomes of existing treatments, including immunotherapies, by targeting neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are involved in cancer progression.
—Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
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extracellular
adjective
ex·tra·cel·lu·lar
ˌek-strə-ˈsel-yə-lər
: situated or occurring outside a cell or the cells of the body
Medical Definition
extracellular
adjective
ex·tra·cel·lu·lar
ˌek-strə-ˈsel-yə-lər
: situated or occurring outside a cell or the cells of the body
extracellular digestion
extracellular enzymes
extracellularly
adverb
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