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heat shock protein
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heat shock protein
n.
Any of a group of cellular proteins that are produced under conditions of heat stress and help to stabilize other cellular proteins exposed to high temperatures.
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Various interventions, such as adding drugs or changing a cell's pH, can make heatshock proteins less efficient.
Warming up to hyperthermia: heat therapy could improve existing ... by Brownlee, Christen / Science News
Apparently, immune sentinels called T cells had misidentified the heatshock protein 60 as foreign, and in the process, unleashed inflammatory proteins that incited an autoimmune attack on beta cells.
Protein fragment halts type I diabetes by Seppa, N. / Science News
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