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Upregulated vs Downregulated - What's the difference?

upregulated | downregulated |

As verbs the difference between upregulated and downregulated

is that upregulated is past tense of upregulate while downregulated is past tense of downregulate.

upregulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (upregulate)

    • upregulate

    English

    (wikipedia upregulate)

    Alternative forms

    * up-regulate

    Verb

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

    • Antonyms

    * downregulate

    downregulated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (downregulate)

    • downregulate

    English

    Verb

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

    • Antonyms

    *upregulate