Sentence examples for a suppressive action from inspiring English sources

The results indicated a suppressive action of ambient UV-B on growth and photosynthesis; dicots were more sensitive than monocots in this suppression while no great difference in sensitivity was found between C3 and C4 plants.

Once the cells have migrated to lymphoid organs, PGE2 assumes a suppressive action, inhibiting the maturation of DC and their ability to present antigen [19]" [19].

Treg cells, whose activity is closely associated with the transcription factor FOXP3, have a suppressive action on T-lymphocytes antitumor responses [ 87, 88].

In some tumours a suppressive action of annexins has been shown, whereas in other tumours annexins have been involved in progression (Bastian, 1997; Hayes and Moss, 2004).

Thus treatment with SPP and SPE could significantly increase the albumin and decreased the globulin level in arthritic rats which indicates that SPP and SPE might have a suppressive action on the mediators of inflammation.

However, a dominant bud need not be apical, and more recent work suggests that buds compete to export auxin into the main auxin transport stream and that such competition is enhanced by a suppressive action of strigolactones on PIN1-mediated auxin transport (Crawford et al., 2010; Prusinkiewicz et al., 2010; Shinohara et al., 2013).

However, in patients with BPH-related LUTS, it has long been desired to develop a therapeutic agent having a selective suppressive action on urethral contractions, with less hypotension, including postural hypotension.

Previously, we reported a tumour suppressive action of KSR1 in breast cancer by stabilising BRCA1 through a reduction of its ubiquitination and by promoting the BRCA1-BARD1 interaction.

Overall, cortisol has an immune suppressive action.

10 HBO treatments suppressed the total number of TRAP-positive cells in all subjects (60% of pre-HBO), with 25 treatments having an even greater suppressive action (20% of pre-HBO).

Early cell cycle arrest of T cells may have a role in their suppressive action, and MSC have been shown to inhibit cyclin D2 and upregulate p27Kip1, and although the mechanism is not clear, this process is independent of MHC expression (33).