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Meaning of "filopodia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FILOPODIA

filopodia  [ˌfɪləˈpəʊdɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FILOPODIA

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Filopodia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FILOPODIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

filopodia

Filopodia

Filopodia are slender cytoplasmic projections that extend beyond the leading edge of lamellipodia in migrating cells. They contain actin filaments cross-linked into bundles by actin-binding proteins, e.g. fascin and fimbrin. Filopodia form focal adhesions with the substratum, linking it to the cell surface. Many types of migrating cells display filopodia, which are thought to be involved in both sensation of chemotropic cues, and resulting changes in directed locomotion. Activation of the Rho family of small Ras-related GTPases, particularly cdc42 and their downstream intermediates results in the polymerization of actin fibers by Ena/Vasp homology proteins. Growth factors bind to receptor tyrosine kinases resulting in the polymerization of actin filaments, which, when cross-linked, make up the supporting cytoskeletal elements of filopodia. Rho activity also results in activation by phosphorylation of ezrin-moesin-radixin family proteins that link actin filaments to the filopodia membrane. Filopodia have roles in sensing, migration and cell-cell interactions.

Definition of filopodia in the English dictionary

The definition of filopodia in the dictionary is thin projections extending from the edge of migrating cells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FILOPODIA


alodia
əˈləʊdɪə
anthodia
ænˈθəʊdɪə
arthrodia
ɑːˈθrəʊdɪə
Cambodia
kæmˈbəʊdɪə
codeia
ˈkəʊdɪə
custodier
kʌsˈtəʊdɪə
elodea
ɛˈləʊdɪə
hoodia
ˈhʊdɪə
monopodia
ˌmɒnəˈpəʊdɪə
odea
ˈəʊdɪə
parapodia
ˌpærəˈpəʊdɪə
plasmodia
plæzˈməʊdɪə
podia
ˈpəʊdɪə
pseudopodia
ˌsjuːdəʊˈpəʊdɪə
stylopodia
ˌstaɪləˈpəʊdɪə
sympodia
sɪmˈpəʊdɪə
woodier
ˈwʊdɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FILOPODIA

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FILOPODIA

Acadia
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Synonyms and antonyms of filopodia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «filopodia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FILOPODIA

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The translations of filopodia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «filopodia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丝状伪足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filopodios
570 millions of speakers

English

filopodia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

filopodia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أرجل كاذبة خيطية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

филоподии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

filopodia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

filopodia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

filopodia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filopodia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Filopodien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

糸状仮足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

filopodia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filopodia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

filopodia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

filopodia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिलीपिडिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

filopodia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filopodia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Filopodia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

філоподіі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filopodia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

filopodia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filopodia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

filopodia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

filopodia
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FILOPODIA»

The term «filopodia» is regularly used and occupies the 107.315 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FILOPODIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about filopodia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FILOPODIA»

Discover the use of filopodia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to filopodia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stem Cell Engineering: Principles and Applications
It is likely that filopodia are one of the cells' main sensory tools. Gustafson and Wolpert [26] first described filopodia in living cells in 1961 observing mesenchymal cells migrating up the interior wall of the blastocoelic cavity in sea urchins and ...
Gerhard M. Artmann, Stephen Minger, Jürgen Hescheler, 2010
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AVM of the Brain, History, Embryology, Pathological ...
Then endothelial filopodia from these glia-touching vessels perforate through the vascular and the CNS basal laminae and penetrate into the nervous tissue. The original opening enlarges gradually, thus allowing an entire endothelial cell or ...
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil, 1987
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Cell Movements: From Molecules to Motility
Animal cells produce filopodia in addition to, or instead of, lamel- lipodia. Sometimes these appear to serve as locomotory organelles, rather like lamellipodia. For example, fibroblasts grown in a three-dimensional matrix of collagen fibers ...
Dennis Bray, 2001
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Dynamics of Fascin in Filopodia
Filopodia play a central role in proper cell navigation; they extend from the cell surface and scan the local environment to guide the cell to its proper destination.
Yvonne Sarah Aratyn, 2007
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Intercellular Communication in the Nervous System
E Robles and S J Smith, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA M P Meyer, Kings College London, London, UK ã 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Filopodia as Synaptic Precursors The vertebrate central nervous system (CNS) contains billions ...
Robert Malenka, 2010
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Mechanisms of Angiogenesis
Likewise, widespread endothelial VEGFR2 activation by direct VEGF-E injections into the eye led to increased proliferation and widespread protrusion of short filopodia, however the tip cell filopodial extensions were shortened and tip cell ...
Matthias Clauss, Georg Breier, 2006
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Dendritic Spines
This constitutes a problem because the dynamic nature of spines and filopodia can confound this distinction (see chapter 6; Parnass et al., 2000). Filopodia in Purkinje Cells and the Vaughn Model Hints to the potential function of filopodia ...
Rafael Yuste, 2010
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Actin-based Motility: Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects
et al., 2003) that filopodia can form via recruitment of filaments from lamellipo- dia . Independent biochemical and cell biological evidence led to a scheme whereby filopodia form by Arp2/3-complex-dependent actin assembly, downstream of ...
Marie-France Carlier, 2010
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The Self-organizing Brain: From Growth Cones to Functional ...
Removing the filopodia by the addition of cytochalasin B in situ (Bentley and ToroianRaymond, 1986) results in undirected growth by axons which would otherwise use the guidepost cells to orient themselves. Hanimarback and Letourneau ...
Jaap Pelt, 1994
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International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
protein fascin, which is otherwise found in filopodia, and due to its oth- erwise ubiquitous localization to filopodia, is even used as a filopodial “marker” (Dent et al., 2007). Consideration of the studies discussed above suggests that filopodia ...
Kwang W. Jeon, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FILOPODIA»

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How removing a protein slows blood vessel growth in tumours
A copy of the research paper, “A Rac/Cdc42 exchange factor complex promotes formation of lateral filopodia and blood vessel lumen ... «HealthCanal.com, Jul 15»
2
Heat-shock factor 2 is a suppressor of prostate cancer invasion
In contrast, HSF1-silenced organoids maintained their round shape, showed lower numbers of small filopodia and less invasive structures. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
3
A microRNA code for prostate cancer metastasis
... remodeling in cells whose miRs were deregulated, with a massive formation of filopodia and lamellipodia and the acquisition of an elongated ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
4
PKCα promotes the mesenchymal to amoeboid transition and …
At the leading edge, the cells generate actin rich structures, filopodia and lamellipodia, that trigger the cancer cell movement. Formation of ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
5
This protein lets 'threads' build memories
As they wait for incoming signals, dendrites continually produce tiny flexible filaments called filopodia. These poke out from the surface of the ... «Futurity: Research News, Apr 15»
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Public Release: 24-Apr-2015 New insight into how brain makes …
As they wait for incoming signals, dendrites continually produce tiny flexible filaments called filopodia. These poke out from the surface of the ... «EurekAlert, Apr 15»
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New insight into how brain makes memories
As they wait for incoming signals, dendrites continually produce tiny flexible filaments called filopodia. These poke out from the surface of the ... «Vanderbilt University News, Apr 15»
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How to myelinate a nerve
It is also interesting in light of recent studies showing definite handedness to spiral preferences in extending axons and their filopodia. I asked ... «Medical Xpress, Mar 15»
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Atomic force microscopy system can image nanoscale dynamics of …
... the cell surface, such as morphogenesis of filopodia, membrane ruffles, pit formation or endocytosis, in response to environmental stimulants. «BioOptics World, Mar 15»
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Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 Scientists develop atomic force …
... the cell surface, such as morphogenesis of filopodia, membrane ruffles, pit formation or endocytosis, in response to environmental stimulants. «EurekAlert, Mar 15»

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