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K562 Cells - An ERYTHROLEUKEMIA cell line derived from a CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA patient in BLAST CRISIS....

Kadsura - A plant genus of the family SCHISANDRACEAE that is used in folk medicine much like SCHISANDRA. Membe...

Kaempferols - A group of FLAVONOLS based on kaempferol. They are derived from naringenin and can be hydroxylated t...

Kainic Acid - (2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta))-2-Carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-3-pyrrolidineacetic acid. Ascaricide obta...

Kalanchoe - A plant genus of the family CRASSULACEAE. Members contain bryophyllins (also called bryotoxins) whic...

Kallidin - A decapeptide bradykinin homolog cleaved from kininogen by kallikreins. It is a smooth-muscle stimul...

Kallikrein-Kinin System - A system of metabolic interactions by products produced in the distal nephron of the KIDNEY. These p...

Kallikreins - Proteolytic enzymes from the serine endopeptidase family found in normal blood and urine. Specifical...

Kallmann Syndrome - A genetically heterogeneous disorder caused by hypothalamic GNRH deficiency and OLFACTORY NERVE defe...

Kalopanax - A plant genus of the family ARALIACEAE. Members contain triterpene saponins....

Kanamycin - Antibiotic complex produced by Streptomyces kanamyceticus from Japanese soil. Comprises 3 components...

Kanamycin Kinase - A class of enzymes that inactivate aminocyclitol-aminoglycoside antibiotics (AMINOGLYCOSIDES) by reg...

Kanamycin Resistance - Nonsusceptibility of bacteria to the antibiotic KANAMYCIN, which can bind to their 70S ribosomes and...

Kangai-1 Protein - A widely expressed transmembrane glycoprotein that functions as a METASTASIS suppressor protein. It ...

Kaolin - The most common mineral of a group of hydrated aluminum silicates, approximately H2Al2Si2O8-H2O. It ...

Kaplan-Meiers Estimate - A nonparametric method of compiling LIFE TABLES or survival tables. It combines calculated probabili...

Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption - A disseminated vesicular-pustular eruption caused by the herpes simplex virus (HERPESVIRUS HOMINIS),...

Kappapapillomavirus - A genus of DNA viruses in the family PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE, causing cutaneous and mucosal lesions in rabb...

Karaya Gum - Polysaccharide gum from Sterculia urens (STERCULIA). It is used as a suspending or stabilizing agen...

Karnofsky Performance Status - A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a p...

Kartagener Syndrome - An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a triad of DEXTROCARDIA; INFERTILITY; and SINUSITIS...

Karwinskia - A plant genus of the family RHAMNACEAE that contains tullidinol (toxin T-544) and peroxisomicine (to...

Karyopherins - A family of proteins involved in NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT. Karyopherins are heteromeric molecules...

Karyotyping - Mapping of the full chromosome set of the nucleus of a cell. The chromosome characteristics of an in...

Kassinin - Dodecapeptide tachykinin found in the central nervous system of the amphibian Kassina senegalensis. ...

KATP Channels - Heteromultimers of Kir6 channels (the pore portion) and sulfonylurea receptor (the regulatory portio...

Kava - Dried rhizome and roots of Piper methysticum, a shrub native to Oceania and known for its anti-anxie...

KB Cells - This line KB is now known to be a subline of the ubiquitous KERATIN-forming tumor cell line HeLa. It...

KCNQ Potassium Channels - A family of delayed rectifier voltage-gated potassium channels that share homology with their foundi...

KCNQ1 Potassium Channel - A voltage-gated potassium channel that is expressed primarily in the HEART....

KCNQ2 Potassium Channel - A very slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channel that is expressed in NEURONS and is ...

KCNQ3 Potassium Channel - A very slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channel that is expressed in NEURONS and is ...

Kearns-Sayre Syndrome - A mitochondrial disorder featuring the triad of chronic progressive EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, cardio...

Kell Blood-Group System - Multiple erythrocytic antigens that comprise at least three pairs of alternates and amorphs, determi...

Keloid - A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of exc...

Kelp - Large, robust forms of brown algae (PHAEOPHYCEAE) in the order Laminariales. They are a major compon...

Kenya - A republic in eastern Africa, south of ETHIOPIA, west of SOMALIA with TANZANIA to its south, and coa...

Keratan Sulfate - A sulfated mucopolysaccharide initially isolated from bovine cornea. At least two types are known. T...

Keratectomy, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted - A surgical technique to correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS of the EYE, such as MYOPIA and ASTIGMATISM. In thi...

Keratin-1 - A type II keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-10 in terminally differentiated epiderma...

Keratin-10 - A type I keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-1 in terminally differentiated epidermal ...

Keratin-12 - A type I keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-3 in the CORNEA and is regarded as a mark...

Keratin-13 - A type I keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-4 in the internal stratified EPITHELIUM. ...

Keratin-14 - A type I keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-5 in the internal stratified EPITHELIUM. ...

Keratin-15 - A type I keratin found in the basal layer of the adult epidermis and in other stratified epithelia....

Keratin-16 - A type I keratin expressed in a variety of EPITHELIUM, including the ESOPHAGUS, the TONGUE, the HAIR...

Keratin-17 - A type I keratin found associated with KERATIN-6 in rapidly proliferating squamous epithelial tissue...

Keratin-18 - A type I keratin found associated with KERATIN-8 in simple, or predominately single layered, interna...

Keratin-19 - A type I keratin found associated with KERATIN-7 in ductal epithelia and gastrointestinal epithelia....

Keratin-2 - A type II keratin found expressed in the upper spinous layer of epidermal KERATINOCYTES. Mutations i...

Keratin-20 - A type I keratin expressed predominately in gastrointestinal epithelia, MERKEL CELLS, and the TASTE ...

Keratin-3 - A type II keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-12 in the CORNEA and is regarded as a ma...

Keratin-4 - A type II keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-13 in the internal stratified EPITHELIUM...

Keratin-5 - A type II keratin that is found associated with the KERATIN-14 in the internal stratified EPITHELIUM...

Keratin-6 - A type II keratin found associated with KERATIN-16 or KERATIN-17 in rapidly proliferating squamous e...

Keratin-7 - A type II keratin found associated with KERATIN-19 in ductal epithelia and gastrointestinal epitheli...

Keratin-8 - A type II keratin found associated with KERATIN-18 in simple, or predominately single layered, inter...

Keratin-9 - A type II keratin found predominantly expressed in the terminally differentiated EPIDERMIS of palms ...

Keratinocytes - Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from...

Keratins - A class of fibrous proteins or scleroproteins that represents the principal constituent of EPIDERMIS...

Keratins, Hair-Specific - Keratins that are specific for hard tissues such as HAIR; NAILS; and the filiform papillae of the TO...

Keratins, Type I - A keratin subtype that includes keratins that are generally smaller and more acidic that TYPE II KER...

Keratins, Type II - A keratin subtype that includes keratins that are generally larger and less acidic that TYPE I KERAT...

Keratitis - Inflammation of the cornea....

Keratitis, Dendritic - A form of herpetic keratitis characterized by the formation of small vesicles which break down and c...

Keratitis, Herpetic - A superficial, epithelial Herpesvirus hominis infection of the cornea, characterized by the presence...

Keratoacanthoma - A benign, non-neoplastic, usually self-limiting epithelial lesion closely resembling squamous cell c...

Keratoconjunctivitis - Simultaneous inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva....

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca - Drying and inflammation of the conjunctiva as a result of insufficient lacrimal secretion. When foun...

Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious - Infectious diseases of cattle, sheep, and goats, characterized by blepharospasm, lacrimation, conjun...

Keratoconus - A noninflammatory, usually bilateral protrusion of the cornea, the apex being displaced downward and...

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar - Group of mostly hereditary disorders characterized by thickening of the palms and soles as a result ...

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse - An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a widely distributed, well-demarcated hyperkeratosis...

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Epidermolytic - An autosomal dominant hereditary skin disease characterized by epidermolytic hyperkeratosis that is ...

Keratolytic Agents - Agents that soften, separate, and cause desquamation of the cornified epithelium or horny layer of s...

Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ - A surgical procedure to correct MYOPIA by CORNEAL STROMA subtraction. It involves the use of a micro...

Keratoplasty, Penetrating - Partial or total replacement of all layers of a central portion of the cornea....

Keratosis - Any horny growth such as a wart or callus....

Keratosis, Actinic - White or pink lesions on the arms, hands, face, or scalp that arise from sun-induced DNA DAMAGE to K...

Keratosis, Seborrheic - Benign eccrine poromas that present as multiple oval, brown-to-black plaques, located mostly on the ...

Keratotomy, Radial - A procedure to surgically correct REFRACTIVE ERRORS by cutting radial slits into the CORNEA to chang...

Kernicterus - A term used pathologically to describe BILIRUBIN staining of the BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; and CERE...

Kerosene - A refined petroleum fraction used as a fuel as well as a solvent....

Ketamine - A cyclohexanone derivative used for induction of anesthesia. Its mechanism of action is not well und...

Ketanserin - A selective serotonin receptor antagonist with weak adrenergic receptor blocking properties. The dru...

Ketocholesterols - Cholesterol substituted in any position by a keto moiety. The 7-keto isomer inhibits 3-hydroxy-3-met...

Ketoconazole - Broad spectrum antifungal agent used for long periods at high doses, especially in immunosuppressed ...

Ketogenic Diet - A course of food intake that is high in FATS and low in CARBOHYDRATES. This diet provides sufficient...

Ketoglutaric Acids - A family of compounds containing an oxo group with the general structure of 1,5-pentanedioic acid. (...

Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase - An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate to (S)-2-hydroxy-2-met...

Ketolides - Compounds based on ERYTHROMYCIN with the 3-cladinose replaced by a ketone. They bind the 23S part of...

Ketone Bodies - The substances beta-hydroxybutyric acid, acetoacetic acid, and acetone, which are produced by fatty ...

Ketone Oxidoreductases - Oxidoreductases that are specific for KETONES....

Ketoprofen - An IBUPROFEN-type anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic. It is used in the treatment of rheuma...

Ketorolac - A pyrrolizine carboxylic acid derivative structurally related to INDOMETHACIN. It is an NSAID and is...

Ketorolac Tromethamine - A pyrrolizine carboxylic acid derivative structurally related to INDOMETHACIN. It is a non-steroidal...

Ketosis - A condition characterized by an abnormally elevated concentration of ketone bodies in the body tissu...

Ketosteroids - Steroid derivatives formed by oxidation of a methyl group on the side chain or a methylene group in ...

Ketotifen - A cycloheptathiophene blocker of histamine H1 receptors and release of inflammatory mediators. It ha...

Khellin - A vasodilator that also has bronchodilatory action. It has been employed in the treatment of angina ...

Ki-67 Antigen - A CELL CYCLE and tumor growth marker which can be readily detected using IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY methods...

Kidd Blood-Group System - A group of antigens consisting principally of Jk(a) and Jk(b), determined by allelic genes. Amorphs ...

Kidney - Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations....

Kidney Calculi - Stones in the KIDNEY, usually formed in the urine-collecting area of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS). The...

Kidney Calices - Recesses of the kidney pelvis which divides into two wide, cup-shaped major renal calices, with each...

Kidney Concentrating Ability - The ability of the kidney to excrete in the urine high concentrations of solutes from the blood plas...

Kidney Cortex - The outer zone of the KIDNEY, beneath the capsule, consisting of KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, ...

Kidney Cortex Necrosis - Death of cells in the KIDNEY CORTEX, a common final result of various renal injuries including HYPOX...

Kidney Diseases - Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues....

Kidney Diseases, Cystic - A heterogeneous group of hereditary and acquired disorders in which the KIDNEY contains one or more ...

Kidney Failure - A severe irreversible decline in the ability of kidneys to remove wastes, concentrate URINE, and mai...

Kidney Failure, Acute - A severe stage of acute renal insufficiency, characterized by the sudden decrease in GLOMERULAR FILT...

Kidney Failure, Chronic - The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney ...

Kidney Glomerulus - A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together...

Kidney Medulla - The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose...

Kidney Neoplasms - Tumors or cancers of the KIDNEY....

Kidney Papillary Necrosis - A complication of kidney diseases characterized by cell death involving KIDNEY PAPILLA in the KIDNEY...

Kidney Pelvis - The flattened, funnel-shaped expansion connecting the URETER to the KIDNEY CALICES....

Kidney Transplantation - The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another....

Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - Acute kidney failure resulting from destruction of EPITHELIAL CELLS of the KIDNEY TUBULES. It is com...

Kidney Tubules - Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY...

Kidney Tubules, Collecting - Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved end...

Kidney Tubules, Distal - The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP ...

Kidney Tubules, Proximal - The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY M...

Kidney, Artificial - Device(s) which can substitute for normally functioning kidneys in cleansing the blood....

Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated - Cytolytic lymphocytes with the unique capacity of killing natural killer (NK)-resistant fresh tumor ...

Killer Cells, Natural - Bone marrow-derived lymphocytes that possess cytotoxic properties, classically directed against tran...

Killer Factors, Yeast - Protein factors released from one species of YEAST that are selectively toxic to another species of ...

Killifishes - Small oviparous fishes in the family Cyprinodontidae, usually striped or barred black. They are much...

Kindling, Neurologic - The repeated weak excitation of brain structures, that progressively increases sensitivity to the sa...

Kinesics - Systematic study of the body and the use of its static and dynamic position as a means of communicat...

Kinesin - A microtubule-associated mechanical adenosine triphosphatase, that uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis...

Kinesiology, Applied - The study of muscles and the movement of the human body. In holistic medicine it is the balance of m...

Kinesis - Locomotor behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in ...

Kinesthesis - Sense of movement of a part of the body, such as movement of fingers, elbows, knees, limbs, or weigh...

Kinetics - The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems....

Kinetin - A furanyl adenine found in PLANTS and FUNGI. It has plant growth regulation effects....

Kinetocardiography - The graphic recording of chest wall movement due to cardiac impulses....

Kinetochores - Large multiprotein complexes that bind the centromeres of the chromosomes to the microtubules of the...

Kinetofragminophorea - A class of ciliate protozoa. Prominent cytopharyngeal apparatus is characteristic of this class as i...

Kinetoplastida - An order of flagellate protozoa. Characteristics include the presence of one or two flagella arising...

Kingella - A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are part of the normal flora ...

Kingella kingae - A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria which is distinguished from other members o...

King's Evil - The historic designation for scrofula (TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE). The disease is so called from the ...

Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight - A plasma protein, molecular weight of 110 kD, that normally exists in plasma in a 1:1 complex with P...

Kininogen, Low-Molecular-Weight - A protein, molecular weight 50 kD, located in various normal tissues. Upon cleavage by KALLIKREINS, ...

Kininogens - Endogenous peptides present in most body fluids. Certain enzymes convert them to active KININS which...

Kinins - A generic term used to describe a group of polypeptides with related chemical structures and pharmac...

Kirsten murine sarcoma virus - A replication-defective murine sarcoma virus (SARCOMA VIRUSES, MURINE) capable of transforming mouse...

Kitasamycin - A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces kitasatoensis. The drug has antimicrobial activity a...

Klatskin's Tumor - Adenocarcinoma of the common hepatic duct bifurcation. These tumors are generally small, sharply loc...

Klebsiella - A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms arrange singl...

Klebsiella Infections - Infections with bacteria of the genus KLEBSIELLA....

Klebsiella oxytoca - A species of gram-negative bacteria causing URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS and SEPTICEMIA....

Klebsiella pneumoniae - Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with...

Kleine-Levin Syndrome - A rare condition characterized by recurrent hypersomnias associated with hyperphagia, occurring prim...

Klinefelter Syndrome - A form of male HYPOGONADISM, characterized by the presence of an extra X CHROMOSOME, small TESTES, s...

Klippel-Feil Syndrome - A condition characterized by shortness of the neck resulting from reduction in the number of vertebr...

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome - A congenital disorder that is characterized by a triad of capillary malformations (HEMANGIOMA), veno...

Kloeckera - A mitosporic fungal genus used in the fermentation of wine. Teleomorphs are in the genus HANSENIASPO...

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome - A neurobehavioral syndrome associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe dysfunction. Clinical mani...

Kluyvera - A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family ENTEROBACTERIACEAE. It is f...

Kluyveromyces - An ascomycetous yeast of the fungal family Saccharomycetaceae, order SACCHAROMYCETALES....

Knee Dislocation - Slippage of the FEMUR off the TIBIA....

Knee Injuries - Injuries to the knee or the knee joint....

Knee Prosthesis - Replacement for a knee joint....

Knee-Chest Position - The posture of an individual supported by the knees and chest resting on a table....

Knowledge - The body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time, the cumulated sum of information, its...

Knowledge Bases - Collections of facts, assumptions, beliefs, and heuristics that are used in combination with databas...

Knowledge of Results (Psychology) - A principle that learning is facilitated when the learner receives immediate evaluation of learning ...

Kobuvirus - A genus in the family PICORNAVIRIDAE whose type species Aichi virus, causes gastroenteritis in human...

Korarchaeota - A kingdom in the domain ARCHAEA, comprising thermophilic organisms from the hot spring Obsidian Pool...

Korea - Former kingdom, located on Korea Peninsula between Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea on east coast of Asia...

Korean War - An armed conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27...

Koro - A culture-specific acute delusional syndrome occurring mostly in the Malay people and Southern Chine...

Korsakoff Syndrome - An acquired cognitive disorder characterized by inattentiveness and the inability to form short term...

Krameriaceae - A plant family of the order Polygalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida....

Kringles - Triple-looped protein domains linked by disulfide bonds. These common structural domains, so-named f...

Krukenberg Tumor - Mucocellular carcinoma of the ovary, usually metastatic from the gastrointestinal tract, characteriz...

Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors - A family of zinc finger transcription factors that share homology with Kruppel protein, Drosophila. ...

Krypton - A noble gas that is found in the atmosphere. It has the atomic symbol Kr, atomic number 36, atomic w...

Krypton Radioisotopes - Unstable isotopes of krypton that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Kr atoms with atomic wei...

Kunzea - A plant genus of the family MYRTACEAE. The common name of tea tree more often refers to MELALEUCA or...

Kupffer Cells - Specialized phagocytic cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM found on the luminal surface of the...

Kuru - A prion disease found exclusively among the Fore linguistic group natives of the highlands of NEW GU...

Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins - A family of neuronal calcium-sensor proteins that interact with and regulate potassium channels, typ...

Kv1.1 Potassium Channel - A delayed rectifier subtype of shaker potassium channels that is commonly mutated in human episodic ...

Kv1.2 Potassium Channel - A delayed rectifier subtype of shaker potassium channels that is selectively inhibited by a variety ...

Kv1.3 Potassium Channel - A delayed rectifier subtype of shaker potassium channels that is the predominant VOLTAGE-GATED POTAS...

Kv1.4 Potassium Channel - A fast inactivating subtype of shaker potassium channels that contains two inactivation domains at i...

Kv1.5 Potassium Channel - A delayed rectifier subtype of shaker potassium channels that conducts a delayed rectifier current. ...

Kv1.6 Potassium Channel - A delayed rectifier subtype of shaker potassium channels that has been described in NEURONS and ASTR...

Kveim Test - Intradermal injection of a heated (pasteurized) saline suspension of sarcoid tissue obtained from a ...

Kwashiorkor - A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin ...

Kyasanur Forest Disease - Tick-borne flavivirus infection occurring in the Kyasanur Forest in India....

Kymography - The recording of wavelike motions or undulations. It is usually used on arteries to detect variation...

Kynurenic Acid - A broad-spectrum excitatory amino acid antagonist used as a research tool....

Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase - An NADPH-dependent flavin monooxygenase that plays a key role in the catabolism of TRYPTOPHAN by cat...

Kyphosis - Deformities of the SPINE characterized by an exaggerated convexity of the vertebral column. The forw...