ECM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ECM mean? 

• ECM (noun)
  The noun ECM has 1 sense:

1. electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum

  Familiarity information: ECM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ECM; electronic countermeasures

Hypernyms ("ECM" is a kind of...):

electronic warfare; EW (military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ECM"):

electronic deception (the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information)

electronic jamming; jam; jamming (deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems)

 Context examples 

Cell surface cellular FN (di/multimeric) is deposited in the ECM.

(Fibronectin, NCI Thesaurus)

Biglycan (an SLRP encoded by the gene Bgn) is an ECM proteoglycan that is enriched in bone and other non-skeletal connective tissues.

(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

HA is a glycosaminoglycan found in the extracellular matrix (ECM) that is frequently overproduced by various tumor cell types.

(Pegylated Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase PH20, NCI Thesaurus)

The tyrosine kinase FAK, a signal transducer for integrins, is normally activated by binding to integrins in the extracellular matrix (ECM) but may be upregulated and constitutively activated in various tumor cell types.

(FAK Inhibitor VS-6063, NCI Thesaurus)

The tyrosine kinase FAK is normally activated by binding to integrins in the extracellular matrix (ECM) but may be upregulated and constitutively activated in various tumor cell types.

(FAK Inhibitor GSK2256098, NCI Thesaurus)

Integrins, a class of transmembrane cell surface receptors, link the extracellular matrix (ECM) to intracellular signaling pathways that control cell proliferation and differentiation.

(Anti-Integrin Monoclonal Antibody-DM4 Immunoconjugate IMGN388, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, integrins function as mechanoreceptors and provide a force-transmitting physical link between the ECM and the cytoskeleton.

(ECM-Receptor Interaction Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Epithelial cells respond to extracellular matrix (ECM) causing integrin-mediated FAK phosphorylation; this, in turn, phosphorylates the surrounding proteins (paxillin, Fyn/shc, and src) and leads to signal amplification.

(Extracellular Matrix Binding Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Anti-denatured collagen recombinant monoclonal antibody TRC093 binds to multiple epitopes on denatured collagens, inhibiting proteolytic collagen-mediated signaling in the extracellular matrix (ECM) that is important to tumor angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis.

(Anti-Denatured Collagen Monoclonal Antibody TRC093, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon rinsing with the mouthwash, GAGs bind to heparan sulfate binding sites on macromolecules within the extracellular matrix (EMC), which prevents the destruction of the ECM and protects both growth factors and cytokines from being degraded.

(Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Mimetic Nanopolymer Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)