"Ornithine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An amino acid produced in the urea cycle by the splitting off of urea from arginine.
| Descriptor ID |
D009952
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.068.665 D12.125.095.765
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| Concept/Terms |
Ornithine- Ornithine
- Ornithine, (L)-Isomer
- 2,5-Diaminopentanoic Acid
- 2,5 Diaminopentanoic Acid
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ornithine" by people in Profiles.
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Keogh D, Tay WH, Ho YY, Dale JL, Chen S, Umashankar S, Williams RBH, Chen SL, Dunny GM, Kline KA. Enterococcal Metabolite Cues Facilitate Interspecies Niche Modulation and Polymicrobial Infection. Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Oct 12; 20(4):493-503.
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Singh R, Pervin S, Wu G, Chaudhuri G. Activation of caspase-3 activity and apoptosis in MDA-MB-468 cells by N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine, an inhibitor of arginase, is not solely dependent on reduction in intracellular polyamines. Carcinogenesis. 2001 Nov; 22(11):1863-9.
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Singh R, Pervin S, Karimi A, Cederbaum S, Chaudhuri G. Arginase activity in human breast cancer cell lines: N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine selectively inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in MDA-MB-468 cells. Cancer Res. 2000 Jun 15; 60(12):3305-12.
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Ignarro LJ, Gold ME, Buga GM, Byrns RE, Wood KS, Chaudhuri G, Frank G. Basic polyamino acids rich in arginine, lysine, or ornithine cause both enhancement of and refractoriness to formation of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in pulmonary artery and vein. Circ Res. 1989 Feb; 64(2):315-29.