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REGULATED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law

Example:

houses with regulated temperature

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

unregulated (not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb regulate

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 Context examples: 

This process, which involves the disruption and reestablishment of epithelial cell-cell contacts, may be regulated by the disassembly and assembly of AJs.

(Beta Catenin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

A IgM monoclonal antibody (MoAb) against 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78; also called BiP or HSPA5), with potential proapoptotic and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-GRP78 Monoclonal Antibody PAT-SM6, NCI Thesaurus)

Heart cell contraction is regulated by calcium binding to a protein called troponin C. The researchers designed troponin C types with varying sensitivity to calcium.

(Engineered protein restores heart function, NIH)

The body’s temperature is closely regulated.

(Brain cells that cool the body, NIH)

The activity of p27 is regulated by phosphorylation, synthesis and degradation.

(p27 Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes nuclear factor interleukin-3-regulated protein, is involved in the regulation of gene transcription.

(NFIL3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

NOS2A gene expression is up-regulated in liver cirrhosis and contributes to the progression of this disease state.

(NOS2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression of the NDRG1 gene is up-regulated in several types of cancer such as breast cancer, colorectal carcinoma and prostate cancer.

(NDRG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

p53 is a transcription factor who's activity is regulated by phosphorylation.

(p53 Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

But it shall be regulated, it shall be checked by religion, by reason, by constant employment.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)