FILAGGRIN

filaggrin

(noun) the main protein of the keratohyalin granules; “the specific target of the immune response in rheumatoid arthritis is filaggrin”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

filaggrin (countable and uncountable, plural filaggrins)

(protein) A filament-associated protein that binds to keratin fibres in epithelial cells

Source: Wiktionary



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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