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LGR5

LGR5 (GPR49) is a leucine-rich repeat GPCR, R-spondin receptor, and Wnt/β-catenin potentiator that marks intestinal crypt base columnar and other epithelial stem cells and cancer stem-like cells.

LGT Global Private Equity (LGPE)

LGT Global Private Equity (LGPE) is a Luxembourg private equity fund vehicle incorporated in 2023, managed by LGT Capital Partners of Switzerland, balancing secondaries and direct investments.

LGT Global Private Equity Master S.C.Sp.

LGT Global Private Equity Master S.C.Sp. is a Luxembourg pooled private equity fund launched in January 2024, managed by LGT Capital Partners Ltd of Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Oct 22, 2026

Lha-bzang Khan

Lha-bzang Khan was a Khoshut Mongol ruler and grandson of Gushri Khan who reigned as king of Tibet from 1705 until his death in 1717.

LHAASO

LHAASO (高海拔宇宙线观测站), the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory, is a Chinese cosmic-ray and gamma-ray observatory on Mt. Haizi in Sichuan Province at 4,410 meters.

Lhamo Tessera

Lhamo Tessera is an 800 km-wide tessera terrain on Venus at 15°E, 51°S, in quadrangle V-56, IAU-named in 1997 for a Tibetan time and fate goddess.

Lhasa (ལྷ་ས་, 拉萨), Tibetan for "holy land," is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region at 3,650 m elevation, home of the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Norbulingka World Heritage ensemble, with 883,000 residents in 2025.

Lhasa Apso

Lhasa Apso (Apso Seng Kyi, Bearded Lion Dog), an ancient Tibetan companion and indoor sentinel breed from Lhasa; 10-11 inches, 12-18 pounds, long parted coat, AKC-recognized 1935, distinct from the Shih Tzu in head proportions and independent temperament.

Lhasa terrane

The Lhasa terrane is a continental fragment that makes up southern Tibet and was the last crustal block to accrete to Eurasia before India collided with it.

LHB coach

The LHB coach, developed by Germany's Linke-Hofmann-Busch, is a stainless-steel Indian Railways passenger coach that replaced the older ICF design with higher speed and greater capacity.

LHCb experiment

LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) is a particle physics experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider investigating why the universe holds matter but almost no antimatter, known for discovering pentaquarks in 2015.

LHCb Upgrade I

LHCb Upgrade I is the first major upgrade of the LHCb experiment at CERN, operating since 2022 with a fully software trigger at five times its previous luminosity.

LHCb Upgrade II

LHCb Upgrade II is the planned second major upgrade of the LHCb experiment at CERN, to be installed during Long Shutdown 4 for High-Luminosity LHC flavor physics.

LHCGR

LHCGR (LH/CG receptor, LHR) is a human chromosome 2p16.3 gene encoding a leucine-rich-repeat GPCR for luteinizing hormone and chorionic gonadotropin. Activating mutations cause male-limited precocious puberty; inactivating mutations cause Leydig cell hypoplasia.

Sep 24, 2026

Lhee Sagoe

Lhee Sagoe, Acehnese for "the three angles," was the confederacy of three uleebalang territories around the Aceh Sultanate's capital, whose consent raised or deposed sultans until 1946.

Lhermitte's sign

Lhermitte's sign, also called Lhermitte's phenomenon or the barber chair phenomenon, is an electric shock-like sensation down the spine triggered by neck flexion, best known as a symptom of multiple sclerosis.

Lhoka

Lhoka (Shannan, 山南, Tibetan Lhokha) is a prefecture-level city in southern Tibet, seat Tsetang, covering 79,090 km² along the Yarlung Tsangpo; cradle of Tibetan civilization with Yumbulagang and Samye Monastery.

Lhokseumawe

Lhokseumawe, a coastal municipality in Aceh, Indonesia, between Banda Aceh and Medan; about 200,400 people (2024). Industrial city built around the Arun LNG plant (opened 1978), now home to the Arun Special Economic Zone.

Lhotse (ལྷོ་རྩེ)

Lhotse (ལྷོ་རྩེ, "South Peak") is the world's fourth-highest mountain at 8,516 m in Nepal's Khumbu Himal, linked to Everest by the South Col with only 610 m prominence; first climbed 18 May 1956 by Swiss climbers Luchsinger and Reiss.

Lhotshampa people

Lhotshampa, also Lhotsampa, "people of the south": Nepali-speaking Hindu inhabitants of southern Bhutan, about 30% of the population, over 100,000 of whom were denationalized and expelled in the early 1990s.

LHS 1140

LHS 1140 is a nearby M4.5 red dwarf about 49 light-years away with two transiting planets; habitable-zone super-Earth LHS 1140 b, likely a water world or mini-Neptune, shows reported helium-based atmospheric detection.

LHS 1678

LHS 1678 (TOI-696) is a nearby M2 dwarf, 19.9 parsecs away, with three TESS-discovered transiting planets including ultra-short-period LHS 1678 b, two Venus-zone planets, and a likely brown dwarf companion.

LHS 2090

LHS 2090, also LP 368-128, is a faint M6.5Ve red dwarf about 6.4 parsecs (21 light years) from the Sun, discovered in 2001; a single star with no known planets, mass 0.09 solar masses.

Oct 20, 2026

LHS 288

LHS 288 (L 143-23, GJ 3618, LTT 3946) is an M5.5V red dwarf in Carina, 4.79 parsecs (15.76 light-years) from the Sun, about 0.11 solar masses, with a possible low-mass astrometric companion.

LHS 3003

LHS 3003 (GJ 3877, LP 914-54) is a nearby M7.0Ve red dwarf about 6.6 parsecs from the Sun in Libra, with strong Halpha emission, quiescent 4.80 GHz radio emission, and a mass near the hydrogen-burning limit.

Oct 20, 2026

LHS 337

LHS 337 (GJ 3737) is an M4.0V red dwarf in Centaurus, 6.38 parsecs (20.8 light years) from the Sun, with high proper motion 1.464 arcsec/yr, V magnitude 12.75, and mass about 0.15 solar masses.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

Lhuan-dre Pretorius (born 2006, Potchefstroom) is a South African left-handed wicketkeeper-batter. Youngest SA Test centurion (153 on debut, 2025); SA20 2025 top scorer; maiden T20I century 101 off 53 balls in 2026.

Lhyfe

Lhyfe is a French producer of green hydrogen, listed on Euronext Paris. It is Europe's largest producer of RFNBO hydrogen, operating plants for industry and mobility.