secrete
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"These findings suggest that IECs secrete some immunoregulatory factors after butyrate treatment, and these factors can act on T-cells."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
These creatures, more commonly known as violet snails, are distinguished by their striking purple shell and the delicate bubble raft they secrete to stay afloat in the open ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
Her team pays attention to other stress markers, such as that they secrete mucus when biologically stressed.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
Tufts of feathers sprout from the chicken’s skull, and its feet secrete a sticky liquid.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Anti-obesity treatments mimic a hormone secreted by the intestines, GLP-1.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Within a year after moving in, the couple discovered the original house plans that had been secreted away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Due to their strength, they can be secreted in small volumes in parcels.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
"Only secreted proteins can migrate inside the plant and be transported to the aboveground parts. Therefore, this seems to be the distinguishing factor between low-pollution and high-pollution plant varieties," Inui explains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025
Ben’s book I secreted away under the rafters, wrapped in canvas.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"Our findings indicate that ERRγ is responsible for regulating the differentiation and maturation of these acid secreting PCs."
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
The researchers isolated vSSCs from people undergoing spinal surgery and found that human vSSCs secreting MFGE8 were more likely to interact with cancer cells than vSSCs that were not secreting the protein.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023
He adds that this is the first record of land-dwelling invertebrates producing and secreting this particular neurotoxin.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023
The bacteria works by secreting a small molecule, known as harmane, which inhibits the early stages of the malaria parasite growing in the mosquito's gut.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
When it was his move, he pulled the visor way down and often rested his chin on his chest, almost as if he were a poker player secreting his cards.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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