Chitin

"Chitin" 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.

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A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.

Descriptor ID	D002686
MeSH Number(s)	D05.750.078.139 D09.698.211
Concept/Terms	Chitin Chitin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Chitin".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Macromolecular Substances [D05]
Polymers [D05.750]
Biopolymers [D05.750.078]
Chitin [D05.750.078.139]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Chitin [D09.698.211]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Chitin".

Chitin
Chitosan

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	2	3
2021	0	1	1

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Lloyd CJ, Mejia-Santana A, Dalia TN, Dalia AB, Klose KE. Natural Transformation in a Classical-Biotype Vibrio cholerae Strain. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 04 27; 87(10).

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Koch EJ, Bongrand C, Bennett BD, Lawhorn S, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Pende M, Vadiwala K, Dodt HU, Raible F, Goldman W, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai M. The cytokine MIF controls daily rhythms of symbiont nutrition in an animal-bacterial association. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 03; 117(44):27578-27586.

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Zhang J, Cai K, Mishra R, Jha R. In ovo supplementation of chitooligosaccharide and chlorella polysaccharide affects cecal microbial community, metabolic pathways, and fermentation metabolites in broiler chickens. Poult Sci. 2020 Oct; 99(10):4776-4785.

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Chrissian C, Camacho E, Fu MS, Prados-Rosales R, Chatterjee S, Cordero RJB, Lodge JK, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. J Biol Chem. 2020 02 14; 295(7):1815-1828.

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Hayden CA, Hung CY, Zhang H, Negron A, Esquerra R, Ostroff G, Abraham A, Lopez AG, Gonzales JE, Howard JA. Maize-Produced Ag2 as a Subunit Vaccine for Valley Fever. J Infect Dis. 2019 07 19; 220(4):615-623.

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Messerli MA, Raihan MJ, Kobylkevich BM, Benson AC, Bruening KS, Shribak M, Rosenthal JJC, Sohn JJ. Construction and Composition of the Squid Pen from Doryteuthis pealeii. Biol Bull. 2019 08; 237(1):1-15.

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Hung CY, Zhang H, Castro-Lopez N, Ostroff GR, Khoshlenar P, Abraham A, Cole GT, Negron A, Forsthuber T, Peng T, Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Yu JJ. Glucan-Chitin Particles Enhance Th17 Response and Improve Protective Efficacy of a Multivalent Antigen (rCpa1) against Pulmonary Coccidioides posadasii Infection. Infect Immun. 2018 11; 86(11).

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Camacho E, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Liporagi-Lopes L, Stark RE, Casadevall A. N-acetylglucosamine affects Cryptococcus neoformans cell-wall composition and melanin architecture. Microbiology (Reading). 2017 Nov; 163(11):1540-1556.

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Csoka AB, Stern R. Hypotheses on the evolution of hyaluronan: a highly ironic acid. Glycobiology. 2013 Apr; 23(4):398-411.

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Ladner DC, Tchounwou PB, Lawrence GW. Evaluation of the effect of ecologic on root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, and tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculenum. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2008 Jun; 5(2):104-10.

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