Microcystins

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Cyclic heptapeptides found in MICROCYSTIS and other CYANOBACTERIA. Hepatotoxic and carcinogenic effects have been noted. They are sometimes called cyanotoxins, which should not be confused with chemicals containing a cyano group (CN) which are toxic.

Descriptor ID	D052998
MeSH Number(s)	D04.345.566.447 D12.644.641.447
Concept/Terms	Microcystins Microcystins

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Macrocyclic Compounds [D04.345]
Peptides, Cyclic [D04.345.566]
Microcystins [D04.345.566.447]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptides, Cyclic [D12.644.641]
Microcystins [D12.644.641.447]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	2	0	2
2021	1	0	1

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Mondal A, Saha P, Bose D, Chatterjee S, Seth RK, Xiao S, Porter DE, Brooks BW, Scott GI, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Chatterjee S. Environmental Microcystin exposure in underlying NAFLD-induced exacerbation of neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier dysfunction, and neurodegeneration are NLRP3 and S100B dependent. Toxicology. 2021 09; 461:152901.

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Sarkar S, Saha P, Seth RK, Mondal A, Bose D, Kimono D, Albadrani M, Mukherjee A, Porter DE, Scott GI, Xiao S, Brooks B, Ferry J, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Chatterjee S. Higher intestinal and circulatory lactate associated NOX2 activation leads to an ectopic fibrotic pathology following microcystin co-exposure in murine fatty liver disease. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2020 Dec; 238:108854.

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Al-Badrani M, Saha P, Mondal A, Seth RK, Sarkar S, Kimono D, Bose D, Porter DE, Scott GI, Brooks B, Raychoudhury S, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Chatterjee S. Early microcystin-LR exposure-linked inflammasome activation in mice causes development of fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2020 Nov; 80:103457.

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Sarkar S, Alhasson F, Kimono D, Albadrani M, Seth RK, Xiao S, Porter DE, Scott GI, Brooks B, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Chatterjee S. Microcystin exposure worsens nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated ectopic glomerular toxicity via NOX-2-MIR21 axis. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2020 Jan; 73:103281.

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Albadrani M, Seth RK, Sarkar S, Kimono D, Mondal A, Bose D, Porter DE, Scott GI, Brooks B, Raychoudhury S, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Jule Y, Diehl AM, Chatterjee S. Exogenous PP2A inhibitor exacerbates the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via NOX2-dependent activation of miR21. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2019 10 01; 317(4):G408-G428.

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Sarkar S, Kimono D, Albadrani M, Seth RK, Busbee P, Alghetaa H, Porter DE, Scott GI, Brooks B, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Chatterjee S. Environmental microcystin targets the microbiome and increases the risk of intestinal inflammatory pathology via NOX2 in underlying murine model of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Sci Rep. 2019 06 19; 9(1):8742.

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Mouded M, Egea EE, Brown MJ, Hanlon SM, Houghton AM, Tsai LW, Ingenito EP, Shapiro SD. Epithelial cell apoptosis causes acute lung injury masquerading as emphysema. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009 Oct; 41(4):407-14.

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