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PX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does PX mean?
• PX (noun)
The noun PX has 1 sense:
1. a commissary on a United States Army post
Familiarity information: PX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commissary on a United States Army post
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
post exchange; PX
Hypernyms ("PX" is a kind of...):
commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel))
Context examples
PI3K inhibitor PX-866 inhibits the production of the secondary messenger phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) and activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which may result in inhibition of tumor cell growth and survival in susceptible tumor cell populations.
(PI3K Inhibitor PX-866, NCI Thesaurus)
Although its mechanism of action has yet to be fully elucidated, HIF1-alpha inhibitor PX-478 appears to inhibit hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1A) expression, which may result in decreased expression of HIF1A downstream target genes important to tumor growth and survival, a reduction in tumor cell proliferation, and the induction of tumor cell apoptosis.
(HIF-1alpha Inhibitor PX-478, NCI Thesaurus)
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