"Mevalonic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid and precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway, which produces terpenes and steroids that are vital for diverse cellular functions.
| Descriptor ID |
D008798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.511.579
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mevalonic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Mevalonate Pathway Inhibition Slows Breast Cancer Metastasis via Reduced N-glycosylation Abundance and Branching. Cancer Res. 2021 05 15; 81(10):2625-2635.
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Chamber-specific differences in human cardiac fibroblast proliferation and responsiveness toward simvastatin. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2016 08 01; 311(2):C330-9.
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Fluvastatin Suppresses Mast Cell and Basophil IgE Responses: Genotype-Dependent Effects. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 15; 196(4):1461-70.
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Cholesterol and the development of clear-cell renal carcinoma. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2012 Dec; 12(6):742-50.
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Interference with RhoA-ROCK signaling mechanism in autoreactive CD4+ T cells enhances the bioavailability of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Am J Pathol. 2012 Sep; 181(3):993-1006.
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Simvastatin-mediated enhancement of long-term potentiation is driven by farnesyl-pyrophosphate depletion and inhibition of farnesylation. Neuroscience. 2012 Jan 27; 202:1-9.
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Inhibition of rho family functions by lovastatin promotes myelin repair in ameliorating experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 May; 73(5):1381-93.
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Rho/ROCK pathway as a target of tumor therapy. J Neurosci Res. 2006 Feb 01; 83(2):243-55.
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Simvastatin protection against acute immune-mediated glomerulonephritis in mice. Kidney Int. 2006 Feb; 69(3):457-63.
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Proto oncogene/eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 4E attenuates mevalonate-mediated regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase synthesis. Mol Carcinog. 2004 Sep; 41(1):39-53.