microenvironment
microenvironment
Definition
micro·environ·ment (mī′krō en vī′rən mənt)
noun
the environmental conditions of a relatively small, localized area, esp. of a microhabitat
microenvironment
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- local: The granuloma thus provides a complex, local microenvironment in which leucocytes interact to effect pathogen clearance or to ensure their containment.
- stromal: The role of the stromal microenvironment on cell death and drug resistance in leukemia.
- inflammatory: Two potentially competing processes occur in the inflammatory microenvironment.
- nervous: Perry, V.H. ( 1998 ) A revised view of the central nervous system microenvironment and major histocompatibility complex class II antigen presentation.
- central: Perry, V.H. ( 1998 ) A revised view of the central nervous system microenvironment and major histocompatibility complex class II antigen presentation.
Modifies a noun
- concentration: To determine microenvironment concentrations of a range of air toxic substances taking account of spatial and temporal variations and hotspots.
Noun used with modifier
- marrow: In myeloma, bortezomib affects the ability of myeloma cells to interact with the bone marrow microenvironment.
- tumor: Issue 4 March 2001 Contains articles on endocrinology in aging, the tumor microenvironment and the cell cycle.
- bone: In myeloma, bortezomib affects the ability of myeloma cells to interact with the bone marrow microenvironment.
- tumor: The capsules, or bioreactors, permit the release of recombinant proteins that may assert their effects in the tumor microenvironment.
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