upregulator

English

Noun

upregulator (plural upregulators)

1. A regulator that involves upregulation
   • 2015 November 12, “Zinc and Other Metals Deficiencies and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: An Ecological Study in the High Risk Sardinia Island”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Cobalt (Co) also plays a relevant role as upregulator of Heme oxygenase-1 by cobalt protoporphyrin IX, thus playing a protective role in a context of autoimmunity, by preventing the expression of MHC class II molecules by antigen-presenting cells, so inhibiting activation and proliferation of autoreactive cells [17 ].