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单词 dedifferentiate
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Definition of dedifferentiate in English:

dedifferentiate

verbˌdiːdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪeɪtdēˌdifəˈren(t)SHēˌāt
[no object]Biology
  • (of a cell or tissue) undergo a reversal of differentiation and lose specialized characteristics.

    〔生〕(细胞或组织)去分化,反分化,脱分化

    some types of human cells dedifferentiate in culture, becoming primitive, unspecialized cells
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, they found that the proliferating cells dedifferentiated, meaning they temporarily lost the characteristics of mature heart muscle cells and reverted to a more fetal type of proliferating cell.
    • By manipulating niche signals, they could make the stem cells differentiate, then dedifferentiate again.
    • A third approach is to use one's own specialized cells and dedifferentiate them.
    • The ability to dedifferentiate stem cells (the article uses the term retrodifferentiation) would be incredibly valuable just for leukemia treatment.
    • The search for compounds to differentiate and dedifferentiate (specialize and despecialize) stem cells is accelerating due to advances in biotechnology for growing and screening cells.

Derivatives

  • dedifferentiation

  • noun
    Biology
    • Our case could be an example of such a dedifferentiation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This dedifferentiation disrupts further co-ordinated development which ultimately causes seed abortion.
      • This probably reflects the presence of stem cells in the nail bud rather than cell dedifferentiation.
      • In fact, compounds that cause cellular dedifferentiation have already been found.
      • In the presented tumor, there was no indication for dedifferentiation.

Definition of dedifferentiate in US English:

dedifferentiate

verbdēˌdifəˈren(t)SHēˌāt
[no object]Biology
  • (of a cell or tissue) undergo a reversal of differentiation and lose specialized characteristics.

    〔生〕(细胞或组织)去分化,反分化,脱分化

    some types of human cells dedifferentiate in culture, becoming primitive, unspecialized cells
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A third approach is to use one's own specialized cells and dedifferentiate them.
    • For example, they found that the proliferating cells dedifferentiated, meaning they temporarily lost the characteristics of mature heart muscle cells and reverted to a more fetal type of proliferating cell.
    • The search for compounds to differentiate and dedifferentiate (specialize and despecialize) stem cells is accelerating due to advances in biotechnology for growing and screening cells.
    • The ability to dedifferentiate stem cells (the article uses the term retrodifferentiation) would be incredibly valuable just for leukemia treatment.
    • By manipulating niche signals, they could make the stem cells differentiate, then dedifferentiate again.
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