"Chitin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
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D002686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139 D09.698.211
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitin" by people in Profiles.
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Tripathi K, Matmati N, Zheng WJ, Hannun YA, Mohanty BK. Cellular morphogenesis under stress is influenced by the sphingolipid pathway gene ISC1 and DNA integrity checkpoint genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2011 Oct; 189(2):533-47.
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Coeshott CM, Smithson SL, Verderber E, Samaniego A, Blonder JM, Rosenthal GJ, Westerink MA. Pluronic F127-based systemic vaccine delivery systems. Vaccine. 2004 Jun 23; 22(19):2396-405.
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Bumgardner JD, Wiser R, Gerard PD, Bergin P, Chestnutt B, Marin M, Ramsey V, Elder SH, Gilbert JA. Chitosan: potential use as a bioactive coating for orthopaedic and craniofacial/dental implants. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2003; 14(5):423-38.
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Westerink MA, Smithson SL, Srivastava N, Blonder J, Coeshott C, Rosenthal GJ. ProJuvant (Pluronic F127/chitosan) enhances the immune response to intranasally administered tetanus toxoid. Vaccine. 2001 Dec 12; 20(5-6):711-23.