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Definition of Macroglobulin

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Medical Definition of Macroglobulin

1. Globulin such as IgM that has a high molecular weight 400 kD in the case of IgM, 725 kD in the case of _ 2 macroglobulin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macroglobulin

Literary usage of Macroglobulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"When BAL was performed 3.5 h after exposure to 1128 /xg/m NO2, there was an increase in a2-macroglobulin that was not seen under the other exposure regimes. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Although the 195 macroglobulin fraction eluting between 1380 and 1570 ml contained most of the lymphocytotoxic and hemagglutinating activities, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... two inhibitors of proteinases, logically identical to serum ai-anti- (ai-AT) and «2-macroglobulin (02- 'e been detected in human synovial I. ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Infants of smoking mothers tended to have higher levels of the acute-phase reactants alpha-2-macroglobulin and orosomucoid, but lower levels of albumin, ..."

5. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"These fractions are said to include the following substances: (1) deblocking protein— an alpha-2 macroglobulin derived from the pooled blood serum of health ..."

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