"Mevalonic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid and precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway, which produces terpenes and steroids that are vital for diverse cellular functions.
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D008798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.511.579
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mevalonic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Marikawa Y, Menor M, Deng Y, Alarcon VB. Regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and trophectoderm lineage specification by the mevalonate pathway in the mouse preimplantation embryo. Mol Hum Reprod. 2021 03 24; 27(4).
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Dunn K, Pasternak B, Kelsen JR, Sullivan KE, Dawany N, Wright BL. Mevalonate kinase deficiency presenting as recurrent rectal abscesses and perianal fistulae. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018 02; 120(2):214-215.
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Alarcon VB, Marikawa Y. Statins inhibit blastocyst formation by preventing geranylgeranylation. Mol Hum Reprod. 2016 05; 22(5):350-63.
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Polotskaia A, Xiao G, Reynoso K, Martin C, Qiu WG, Hendrickson RC, Bargonetti J. Proteome-wide analysis of mutant p53 targets in breast cancer identifies new levels of gain-of-function that influence PARP, PCNA, and MCM4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 17; 112(11):E1220-9.
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Van Laar TA, Lin YH, Miller CL, Karna SL, Chambers JP, Seshu J. Effect of levels of acetate on the mevalonate pathway of Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e38171.
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Freed-Pastor WA, Mizuno H, Zhao X, Langer?d A, Moon SH, Rodriguez-Barrueco R, Barsotti A, Chicas A, Li W, Polotskaia A, Bissell MJ, Osborne TF, Tian B, Lowe SW, Silva JM, B?rresen-Dale AL, Levine AJ, Bargonetti J, Prives C. Mutant p53 disrupts mammary tissue architecture via the mevalonate pathway. Cell. 2012 Jan 20; 148(1-2):244-58.
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Ogunwobi OO, Beales IL. Statins inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma cells. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Apr; 103(4):825-37.