Sentence examples for as a promoting agent from inspiring English sources

Initially, the DEN model was often used as a two-stage model in which initiation by DEN was followed by a promotion phase, with phenobarbital used as a promoting agent [ 186].

Hepatocarcinogenesis was induced in Wistar rats using DEN for initiation and PB as a promoting agent.

If mutations in K-ras genes are caused by smoking, asbestos would act as a promoting agent by conferring selective growth conditions for clonal expansion on these mutated cells.

The stimulus of repeated partial hepatectomy therefore appears to act as a "promoting agent" for liver carcinogenesis, that is if the single dose of diethylnitrosamine is regarded as an "initiating agent" in the terms of the two-stage hypothesis.

Sudden withdrawal of a promoting agent, such as HRT, could slow the growth of tumors that are below the detection limit of mammography and decrease incidence at least in the short term.

This study was conducted to evaluate the prebiotic potential of dietary fiber as a growth promoting agent in a juvenile silver catfish diet (Rhamdia quelen) regarding performance, deposition of nutrients and production of digestive enzymes.

The molecular pathogenesis of HCV-associated HCC development has been reported to be mainly caused by HCV core-activated TGF- β that acts as a tumor promoting agent through its ability to bind SMAD3, the major transcription factor of TGF-β signaling [ 9, 10].

In this contribution, we have studied the effect of sulfur concentration on the morphology of carbon nanofibers with the use of natural precursor: Turpentine oil, a carbon feedstock, ferrocene as catalyst and sulfur as promoting agent.

We conclude that beneficial fungi can be used as a potential growth promoting agent in rice cultivation.

These results suggested that k-carrageenan elicitor can be used as a potent plant protectant as well as growth promoting agent especially for chickpea plants.

The duality of the effects of KGF in a different subsets of a unique cell type is an original finding and could have important implication in the potential use of this factor as differentiation promoting agent for regenerative therapies of diabetes.