Definition of Thrombospondin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any of a group of secreted glycoproteins with antiangiogenic properties ¹

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Medical Definition of Thrombospondin

1. Homotrimeric glycoprotein (450 kD) from _ granules of platelets and synthesised by various cell types in culture. Also found in extracellular matrix of cultured endothelial, smooth muscle and fibroblastic cells. May have autocrine growth regulatory properties: involved in platelet aggregation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrombospondin

thromboplastinogenaemia
thromboplastinogenase
thromboplastins
thrombopoieses
thrombopoiesis
thrombopoietin
thrombopoietins
thromboprophylaxis
thromboregulation
thrombose
thrombosed
thromboses
thrombosin
thrombosing
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thrombospondin (current term)
thrombospondin 1
thrombospondins
thrombostasis
thrombosthenin
thrombotic
thrombotic disease due to protein c deficiency
thrombotic gangrene
thrombotic hydrocephalus
thrombotic infarct
thrombotic microangiopathy
thrombotic phlegmasia
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
thrombotically
thrombotonin

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