"Prealbumin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A tetrameric protein, molecular weight between 50,000 and 70,000, consisting of 4 equal chains, and migrating on electrophoresis in 3 fractions more mobile than serum albumin. Its concentration ranges from 7 to 33 per cent in the serum, but levels decrease in liver disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D011228
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.034.841.450 D12.776.124.727.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prealbumin" by people in Profiles.
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ATTR Epidemiology, Genetics, and Prognostic Factors. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2022; 18(2):17-26.
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Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Is Associated with Increased Antecedent Physical Activity. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2022 08; 15(4):689-691.
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Natural history and progression of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: insights from ATTR-ACT. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 10; 8(5):3875-3884.
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Efficacy and safety of tafamidis doses in the Tafamidis in Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Clinical Trial (ATTR-ACT) and long-term extension study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 02; 23(2):277-285.
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Phase 3 Multicenter Study of Revusiran in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated (hATTR) Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy (ENDEAVOUR). Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2020 06; 34(3):357-370.
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Positive family history decreases diagnosis time by over 200. Amyloid. 2019; 26(sup1):17.
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Tafamidis Treatment for Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 13; 379(11):1007-1016.
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Nutrition and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Chronic Pancreatitis Patients. Nutr Clin Pract. 2019 Jun; 34(3):387-399.
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Evaluation of Blood Biomarkers Associated with Risk of Malnutrition in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2017 Aug 03; 9(8).
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Cutaneous nerve biomarkers in transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Ann Neurol. 2017 Jul; 82(1):44-56.