Lipointoxicate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Lipointoxicate is a verb meaning (biochemistry) To disturb the biochemistry of a cell by the accumulation of saturated phospholipids.
Meaning
(biochemistry) To disturb the biochemistry of a cell by the accumulation of saturated phospholipids.
Example Sentences
Lipointoxicated bronchial epithelial cells display aberrant, highly ordered, internal membranes.
Overall, these data suggest that bronchial epithelial cells are lipointoxicated by hypoxia-related Palmitate accumulation in CF patients.
A particularly preferred compound according to the invention is mannide monooleate, the inventors of which have shown, using mammalian pancreatic β-cells lipointoxicated by saturated fatty acids, that it is advantageously able to increase insulin secretion in subjects suffering from lipointoxication and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus by promoting in said subjects the maturation of proinsulin to insulin.
Word Forms
- lipointoxicates
- lipointoxicating
- lipointoxicated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lipidate, lipolyze, liposomize, transinhibit, relipidate, lyse.
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