upregulate
Type: process Aliases: upregulatingupregulatedup-regulating
- Systems Analogy Increasing the production speed of a specific cellular protein or signal.
- Formal Definition The process by which a cell increases the response, rate, or gene expression of a gene, protein, or metabolic pathway in response to external signals.
Mentioned In
- Biological CircuitsLifestyle Synergy & Endogenous Sirtuin Pathways
- Conceptxenohormesis
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Book / Monograph Nelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"Upregulation accelerates anabolic and defensive pathway activities."