How to Use extracellular in a Sentence

extracellular

adjective
  • The extracellular amyloid plaques weren’t killing the cells — because the cells were already dead.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Ions are suffusing your extracellular fluid, all the stuff that bathes you.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • Tosar’s search for extracellular ribosomes outside of vesicles built on this work.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • The past five years have seen an explosion of research into extracellular vesicles.
    — Quanta Magazine, 2 May 2018
  • Lungs contain a structural framework called the extracellular matrix, which is where lung cells live, the researchers explained.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the fundamental premise, that extracellular amyloid plaques are the trigger for all the other pathologies, has stayed the same.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The extracellular matrix, which was initially laid down in a haphazard fashion, is broken down and replaced in a more durable way.
    — Matthew Steinhauser, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Recent research has linked forces in the extracellular matrix to the development of fruit fly eggs, for example.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2022
  • In fact, that little bit of coldness in the tip of the nose was enough to take nearly 42% of the extracellular vesicles out of the fight, Bleier said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The researchers' process also spurred growth of an extracellular matrix closely resembling that of human bone tissue.
    — Anna Goshua, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • The protein amyloid-beta makes up extracellular plaques in the brain, which are a hallmark pathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 June 2024
  • Supporting the fat cells in the formula is a proprietary stew of extracellular matrix proteins.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
  • They are anchored to the underlying surface, unlike most other extracellular vesicles that float away.
    — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And last year, researchers found indirect evidence of ribosomes in the extracellular space.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • As these cells drain and shrink, their membranes pull away against the points of adhesion to the nearby extracellular matrix, creating mechanical stress.
    — Daniel Engber, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2020
  • This precious mucus contains tiny extracellular vesicles—nano-sized lipid spheres—that may be critical to combating viruses like those that cause the common cold.
    — Maggie Chen, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Making the extracellular region under the skin more porous allows larger quantities of the drug to be injected.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The purple web seen in the GIF is part of a mouse’s extracellular matrix, the scaffold that holds together organs’ cells.
    — Jeffery Delviscio, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2019
  • In some cases, collagen and other extracellular substances can travel outside the bounds of the original wound, causing bumps or nodules in the skin called keloids.
    — Claire Bugos, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021
  • Roughly 20% of them were genes that either encode components or regulators of the extracellular matrix, which was huge for us.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • Instead of trying to recreate the band-aid, the team decides to mimic what's known as extracellular matrix (ECM).
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2019
  • The major extracellular protein in the body, collagen is most often found in fibrous tissues like skin, ligaments, tendons, and others.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In normal body-heat conditions, the nose successfully deployed extracellular vesicles that bond and block viruses from entering the body.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
  • These tiny, extracellular organelles exert precise microfluidic control over life-sustaining liquids in the body.
    — Saugat Bolakhe, Scientific American, 11 July 2022
  • Recently, a team of Ottawa scientists stripped an apple of its plant cells, carved a fruit slice to look like a human ear and filled its extracellular matrix with cervical tissue.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2017
  • When under attack, the nose increases production of extracellular vesicles by 160%, the study found.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Other researchers decoded the genes that synthesized the extracellular matrix and how this matrix could vary between species and even within the same individual.
    — Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2017
  • Microscope images revealed a healthy, more normal extracellular matrix—the network of proteins and molecules that provide structure to tissue.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2023
  • While cartilage and bone are both connective tissue, the extracellular matrix these cells are embedded in is much thinner and softer in cartilage, while in bone, that matrix is calcified and hard.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The researchers measured the bacteria’s extracellular electron transfer as current.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2022

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