Collagenolysis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The chemical breakdown of collagen uncountable
"In the light of these previous studies, it was unlikely that with inhibition of TGF-β1 activity collagen content will decrease, due to the aforementioned evidence and additionally, because downregulation of TGF-β1 did not promote collagenolysis or collagen breakdown directly [12 ,36 ]."
Example
More examples"In the light of these previous studies, it was unlikely that with inhibition of TGF-β1 activity collagen content will decrease, due to the aforementioned evidence and additionally, because downregulation of TGF-β1 did not promote collagenolysis or collagen breakdown directly [12 ,36 ]."
Etymology
From collagen + -o- + -lysis.
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