ENDOTHELIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endothelial mean? 

• ENDOTHELIAL (adjective)
  The adjective ENDOTHELIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or located in the endothelium

  Familiarity information: ENDOTHELIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOTHELIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in the endothelium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

endothelium (an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities)

Derivation:

endothelium (an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities)

 Context examples 

An adenovirus encoding an endothelial cell-specific, murine pre-proendothelin-1 (PPE-1) promoter and a Fas-based chimeric death receptor with potential anti-angiogenic activity.

(Angiogenesis Inhibitor GT-111, NCI Thesaurus)

“We asked ourselves, why do mice treated with antibiotics have more CXCL16 production in these endothelial cells?” Dr. Greten said.

(Study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver, National Institutes of Health)

This agent also inhibits angiogenesis in some tissues by blocking the effects of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); paradoxically, it may enhance angiogenesis in uterine tissue.

(Nafoxidine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) inhibitor and a type of antiangiogenesis agent.

(Angiocept, NCI Dictionary)

A pluripotent cell that can develop into a vascular endothelial cell.

(Angioblast, NCI Thesaurus)

Nesiritide binds to natriuretic peptide receptors on vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells, through which it triggers guanylate cyclase dependent signal transduction resulting in increase of intracellular concentrations of cGMP.

(Nesiritide, NCI Thesaurus)

The binding of water-insoluble rapamycin to nanoparticle albumin permits the albumin-mediated endocytosis of rapamycin by tumor cells and endothelial cells.

(Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Rapamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent has also been reported to inhibit other kinases including vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR2) and Src tyrosine kinases.

(Multikinase Inhibitor ARRY614, NCI Thesaurus)

Mesangial cells are phagocytic and for the most part separated from capillary lumina by endothelial cells.

(Mesangium, NCI Thesaurus)

The innermost layer of the heart, comprised of endothelial cells.

(Murine Endocardium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)