Definition of blastogenesis in US English:
blastogenesis
noun ˌblastəˈjenəsəsˌblastəˈjenəsəs
1The theory of the transmission of inherited characteristics by germ plasm.
2Asexual reproduction of an organism by budding.
3The development of lymphocytes into larger undifferentiated cells that can undergo mitosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was shown that spleen cells and infiltrating leukocytes isolated from well-functioning cardiac allografts in immunologically enhanced adult rats suppressed spontaneous blastogenesis of normal syngeneic cells in vitro.
- During 4 to 5 days of culturing with cytokines, high blastogenesis and heavy proliferation were noted in OSA lymphocyte cocultures as compared with control cocultures.
Derivatives
adjective -ˈjenik
Results are expressed as a stimulation index of peripheral lymphocyte blastogenic response to antigens.
Example sentencesExamples
- The present study suggested that blastogenic responses of T lymphocytes were inhibited in acute T. gondii infection.
- No differences in blastogenic indices were observed when the cells of patients and controls were cultured with human AB plasma.
- The blastogenic signal is thereby prevented from activating the T effector cell and no blast transformation takes place.