"Ketone Bodies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The metabolic substances ACETONE; 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; and acetoacetic acid (ACETOACETATES). They are produced in the liver and kidney during FATTY ACIDS oxidation and used as a source of energy by the heart, muscle and brain.
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D007657
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.585
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ketone Bodies" by people in Profiles.
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Iwashita M, Tran A, Garcia M, Cashon J, Burbano D, Salgado V, Hasegawa M, Balmilero-Unciano R, Politan K, Wong M, Lee RWY, Yoshizawa M. Metabolic shift toward ketosis in asocial cavefish increases social-like affinity. BMC Biol. 2023 10 16; 21(1):219.
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Hu LT, Zhu BL, Lai YJ, Long Y, Zha JS, Hu XT, Zhang JH, Chen GJ. HMGCS2 promotes autophagic degradation of the amyloid-? precursor protein through ketone body-mediated mechanisms. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 04 29; 486(2):492-498.
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Shipp DA, Parameswaran M, Arinze IJ. Development of fatty acid oxidation in neonatal guinea-pig liver. Biochem J. 1982 Dec 15; 208(3):723-30.