"Filipin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex of polyene antibiotics obtained from Streptomyces filipinensis. Filipin III alters membrane function by interfering with membrane sterols, inhibits mitochondrial respiration, and is proposed as an antifungal agent. Filipins I, II, and IV are less important.
| Descriptor ID |
D005372
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.271.665.325 D02.540.576.500.996
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| Concept/Terms |
Filipin- Filipin
- Filimarisin
- Filipin III
- Desoxylagosin
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Filipin" by people in Profiles.
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Macrophage ABCA2 deletion modulates intracellular cholesterol deposition, affects macrophage apoptosis, and decreases early atherosclerosis in LDL receptor knockout mice. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Aug; 223(2):332-41.