Category: T

  • Transcriptome profiling

    To identify genes involved in peroxisome assembly and function.  

  • Transcriptional coactivator PGC-1

    A potent transcriptional coactivator that regulates oxidative metabolism in a variety of tissues.  

  • Transcriptional activators

    Are proteins that bind to DNA and stimulate transcription of nearby genes.  

  • Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)

    Is an interventional radiology procedure involving percutaneous access of to the hepatic artery and passing a catheter through the abdominal artery aorta followed by radiology. It is used extensively in the palliative treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).  

  • Transaminitis

    Increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to >5 times the upper limit of normal.  

  • Transaminase

    Also called aminotransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes a type of reaction between an amino acid and an a-keto acid. Any enzyme that catalyses the reaction of transamination. A large group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of the amino group from any one of at least 12 amino acids to a keto acid to…

  • TRAIL

    Acronym for tumour necrosis factorrelated apoptosis-inducing ligand, is a cytokine that preferentially induces apoptosis in tumour cells.  

  • Trachoma

    Trachoma

    A contagious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, producing painful sensitivity to strong light and excessive tearing. A contagious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea, producing photophobia, pain, and lacrimation, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. A contagious virus disease of the eye characterized by granular conjunctivitis. A contagious disease of the conjunctivas. It…

  • Tracheitis

    Is a bacterial infection of the trachea; also known as bacterial tracheitis or acute bacterial tracheitis. Inflammation of the trachea due to an infection. Inflammation of the trachea, usually secondary to bacterial or viral infection in the nose or throat. Tracheitis causes soreness in the chest and a painful cough and is often associated with…

  • Toxemia

    Is the presence of abnormal substances in the blood, but the term is also used for a serious condition in pregnancy that involves hypertension and proteinuria. Also called preeclampsia. Condition in which poisonous products of body cells at a local source of infection or derived from the growth of microorganisms are spread throughout the body…