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Upregulate vs Downregulate - What's the difference?

upregulate | downregulate | Antonyms |

Downregulate is a antonym of upregulate.



As verbs the difference between upregulate and downregulate

is that upregulate is to increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation while downregulate is to decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.

upregulate

English

(wikipedia upregulate)

Alternative forms

* up-regulate

Verb

(upregulat)
  • (biology) To increase the number of cell receptors by using upregulation.

    • Antonyms

    * downregulate

    downregulate

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia downregulate) (downregulat)
  • To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation

    • Antonyms

    *upregulate