EFFECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effector mean? 

• EFFECTOR (noun)
  The noun EFFECTOR has 3 senses:

1. one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose

2. a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion

3. an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses

  Familiarity information: EFFECTOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

effecter; effector

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

effect (act so as to bring into existence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

nerve fiber; nerve fibre (a threadlike extension of a nerve cell)

Meronyms (parts of "effector"):

end-plate; endplate; motor end plate (the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Antonym:

receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

 Context examples 

Activated PD-1 negatively regulates T-cell activation and effector function through the suppression of P13k/Akt pathway activation.

(Nivolumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Endogenous signaling molecules that alter the behavior of neurons or effector cells.

(Neurotransmitter, NCI Thesaurus)

These bacteria use type III secretion systems to inject protein effectors that interact with the actin cytoskeleton.

(Bacterial Invasion of Epithelial Cell Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

RASSF1A is able to form heterodimers with Nore-1, an RAS effector.

(Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP-22 (193 aa, ~21 kDa) is encoded by the human PERP gene.

(p53 Apoptosis Effector Related to PMP-22, NCI Thesaurus)

The precursor cells are activated, selected and expanded to generate mature autologous lymphoid effector cells with the potential for enhanced tumor recognition.

(Autologous Lymphoid Effector Cells Specific Against Tumor Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

BAIAP2 also associates with a downstream effector of Rho small G proteins, which is associated with the formation of stress fibers and cytokinesis.

(BAI1-Associated Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

The downstream effectors of the ras pathway include activation of fos and jun to form AP-1, activating genes through this transcription factor.

(Nerve Growth Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Due to their ability to kill antigen-presenting cells and their lymphokine-mediated effector activity, these cells are associated with delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions.

(Murine Th1 Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Oncogenic NRAS mutations activate both effector pathways Raf-MEK-ERK and PI3K-Akt.

(Melanoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)