PS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does PS mean? 

• PS (noun)
  The noun PS has 1 sense:

1. a note appended to a letter after the signature

  Familiarity information: PS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A note appended to a letter after the signature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

postscript; PS

Hypernyms ("PS" is a kind of...):

annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Holonyms ("PS" is a part of...):

letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)

 Context examples 

Multiple Sclerosis 2007; 13: 1176-1182). (The PDDS and/or PS are provided for use by the NARCOMS Registry: www.narcoms.org/pdds.

(Patient Determined Disease Steps Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Active gamma secretase requires PS-1 N-terminal fragment and a C-terminal fragment and is unique in catalyzing proteolysis within the transmembrane region of proteins.

(Notch and Wnt Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Upon administration, the MoAb moiety of PGN650 binds to exposed PS on tumor cells, thereby allowing for the visualization of tumors upon PET.

(Iodine I 124 Anti-phosphatidylserine Monoclonal Antibody PGN650, NCI Thesaurus)

All mutations associated with APP and PS proteins can lead to an increase in the production of Abeta peptides, specifically the more amyloidogenic form, Abeta42.

(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Also called PS-341 and velcade.

(Bortezomib, NCI Dictionary)

A radioimmunoconjugate composed of the F(ab')2 fragment of human monoclonal antibody PGN650 against phosphatidylserine (PS) labeled with the radioisotope iodine I 124, with potential imaging activity upon positron-emission tomography (PET).

(Iodine I 124 Anti-phosphatidylserine Monoclonal Antibody PGN650, NCI Thesaurus)

The phospholipid PS is normally located on the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane of healthy cells but is flipped to the outer leaflet in the endothelial lining of the tumor vasculature and other tumor cells in response to chemo- or radio- treatments in addition to oxidative stress.

(Iodine I 124 Anti-phosphatidylserine Monoclonal Antibody PGN650, NCI Thesaurus)