TGF-b is synthesized in a latent form linked to a glycoprotein (latent TGF-b binding protein, LTBP), which serves as an anchor in the ECM. Proteolytic cleavage of LTBP is a prerequisite for the release and generation of bioactive (mature) TGF-b.
Akata is a slang sometimes used to describe Black/African Americans. It is also used to describe Africans who have lived in America for a considerable length of time. ' 1 Akata' in Yoruba language means ' fox' .
Preta is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in some Indian religions as undergoing suffering greater than that of humans, particularly an extreme level of hunger and thirst.he Sanskrit term preta means departed, deceased, a dead person, from pra-ita, literally gone forth, departed. In Classical Sanskrit, the term refers to the spirit of any dead person, but especially before the obsequial rites are performed, but also more narrowly to a ghost or evil being.