OCAT #2 4

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Across
  1. 1. The "unfolding artist" inside the ER that lets the cholera toxin shed its skin to become active
  2. 4. The "nitrogen trap" cancer cells leak out to scream at the surrounding nerves
  3. 10. The "spiral-shaped survivor" that swam through a lake of acid to start a war in your gut
  4. 14. The "metabolic spy" that sneaks into the brain to keep you calm during post-partum shifts
  5. 15. The surgeon who treated a "hole in the stomach" like a biological window for science
  6. 18. The "hydrated highway" in the lungs that disappears in CF, leaving the cilia stuck in the mud
  7. 19. The "opium heavyweight" that sits on the CNS and tells it to stop listening to the pain
  8. 21. The "internal messenger" who gets shushed by negative regulators to stop a cytokine storm
  9. 22. The "insider detective" who had the disease he was studying and found the salty truth in sweat
  10. 25. The "natural chill" plant that hacks into specific receptors to lower the volume on pain
Down
  1. 2. The cellular "locksmith" who oils the sticky gates so the ions can finally flow
  2. 3. The "energy battery" that a G-protein must carry before it can successfully send its message
  3. 5. The "Lego blocks" of the cell's skeleton that are rearranged during a hostile EMT takeover
  4. 6. The "emergency brake" for the NMDA channel that stops the chronic pain train in its tracks
  5. 7. The "golden hour" phase of the cycle where the progesterone yield is at its peak
  6. 8. The "Grandmother" matriarch of all steroid hormones from whom all others descend
  7. 9. The mushroom-derived "red highlighter" scientists use to see the cell's stress-fiber architecture
  8. 11. The "lunar landscape" left behind when stomach acid wins the battle against defense
  9. 12. The "Master Transformer" cytokine that tells lens cells to stop being clear and start being scar tissue
  10. 13. The "salt trap" on the cell's surface that works overtime when its partner goes on strike
  11. 16. The "nuclear courier" that interferon sends into the vault to turn on the defense codes
  12. 17. The "killjoy" hormone that tells the stomach to stop making acid when the party gets too sour
  13. 20. The London fixture whose "handle removal" was the first great act of medical detective work
  14. 23. The "scarring takeover" that turns a clear eye lens into a stiff, white wall
  15. 24. The cellular "brake pad" that prevents your immune response from going into a fatal skid