"S-Adenosylmethionine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Physiologic methyl radical donor involved in enzymatic transmethylation reactions and present in all living organisms. It possesses anti-inflammatory activity and has been used in treatment of chronic liver disease. (From Merck, 11th ed)
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D012436 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D02.886.030.676.180 D03.633.100.759.590.138.264 D12.125.166.676.180 D13.570.583.138.264 D13.570.800.096.264 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | S-AdenosylmethionineS-AdenosylmethionineS AdenosylmethionineSAM-eAdoMetS-Adenosyl-L-MethionineS Adenosyl L MethionineAdemetionine
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "S-Adenosylmethionine" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Folate-genetics and colorectal neoplasia: what we know and need to know next. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Apr; 57(4):607-27. 
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								Proteomic analysis of a sea-ice diatom: salinity acclimation provides new insight into the dimethylsulfoniopropionate production pathway. Plant Physiol. 2011 Dec; 157(4):1926-41. 
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								Beneficial effects of S-adenosyl-L-methionine on blood-brain barrier breakdown and neuronal survival after transient cerebral ischemia in gerbils. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1997 Feb; 44(1):134-8. 
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								Regulation of carrier-mediated transport of folates and antifolates in methotrexate-sensitive and-resistant leukemia cells. Adv Enzyme Regul. 1997; 37:59-76. 
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								Effect of S-adenosyl-1,12-diamino-3-thio-9-azadodecane, a multisubstrate adduct inhibitor of spermine synthase, on polyamine metabolism in mammalian cells. Biochemistry. 1989 Oct 17; 28(21):8446-53. 
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								Neurochemical and behavioral effects of diet related perinatal folic acid restriction. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1976 Aug; 5(2):129-34. 
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								The normal occurrence of octopamine in neural tissue of the Octopus and other cephalopods. J Neurochem. 1974 Feb; 22(2):271-80. 
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								Electrophoretic properties of dopamine  -hydroxylase in several tissues from three species. Mol Pharmacol. 1972 Jan; 8(1):50-8. 
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								A sensitive enzymatic assay for dopamine- -hydroxylase. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1971 Sep; 178(3):425-31.