"Urea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A compound formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids. It is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids.
| Descriptor ID |
D014508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.948
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urea" by people in Profiles.
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Probing Interdomain Linkers and Protein Supertertiary Structure In Vitro and in Live Cells with Fluorescent Protein Resonance Energy Transfer. J Mol Biol. 2021 03 05; 433(5):166793.
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Aqueous Fluid as a Viable Substitute for Vitreous Fluid in Postmortem Chemistry Analysis. J Forensic Sci. 2020 Mar; 65(2):508-512.
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Urea and urine are a viable and cost-effective nitrogen source for Yarrowia lipolytica biomass and lipid accumulation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018 Mar; 102(5):2313-2322.
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Novel Ammonia-Lowering Agents for Hepatic Encephalopathy. Clin Liver Dis. 2015 Aug; 19(3):539-49.
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Influence of linker length and composition on enzymatic activity and ribosomal binding of neomycin dimers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jul; 59(7):3899-905.
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Interrogating alkyl and arylalkylpolyamino (bis)urea and (bis)thiourea isosteres as potent antimalarial chemotypes against multiple lifecycle forms of Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Aug 15; 23(16):5131-43.
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Randomized, double-blind, controlled study of glycerol phenylbutyrate in hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatology. 2014 Mar; 59(3):1073-83.
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Chk1/2 inhibition overcomes the cisplatin resistance of head and neck cancer cells secondary to the loss of functional p53. Mol Cancer Ther. 2013 Sep; 12(9):1860-73.
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Repeated orexin 1 receptor antagonism effects on cocaine seeking in rats. Neuropharmacology. 2012 Dec; 63(7):1201-7.
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Ethanol suppresses ureagenesis in rat hepatocytes: role of acetaldehyde. J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 02; 287(10):7692-700.