Lovastatin is used to lower the risk of stroke, heart attack, and other heart complications in people with diabetes, coronary heart disease, or other risk factors. Lovastatin is used in adults and children who are at least 10 years old.Lovastatin may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.here are many other drugs that can increase your risk of serious medical problems if you take them together with lovastatin. Tell your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal products. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor.
Desmosomes. a type of junction that attaches one cell to its neighbor. One of a number of differentiated regions which occur, for example, where the cytoplasmic membranes of adjacent epithelial cells are closely apposed.
In prokaryotes, it occurs in the cell membrane. This process is called chemiosmosis because the chemical ions move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration across a semipermeable membrane, similar to the movement of water molecules by osmosis. Word origin: chem- (chemical) + osmosis.Variant: chemosmosis. See also: chemiosmotic theory.hemiosmosis. Definition. noun. The subsequent movement of ions from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration through t ransport proteins on the selectively-permeable membrane as a result of a proton gradient that forms across the membrane that is not readily permeable to ions.