"Parathyroid Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two pairs of small oval-shaped glands located in the front and the base of the NECK and adjacent to the two lobes of THYROID GLAND. They secrete PARATHYROID HORMONE that regulates the balance of CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; and MAGNESIUM in the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D010280
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Parathyroid Glands- Parathyroid Glands
- Gland, Parathyroid
- Glands, Parathyroid
- Parathyroid Gland
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Parathyroid Glands" by people in Profiles.
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Sakwe AM, Larsson M, Rask L. Involvement of protein kinase C-alpha and -epsilon in extracellular Ca(2+) signalling mediated by the calcium sensing receptor. Exp Cell Res. 2004 Jul 15; 297(2):560-73.
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Larsson M, Hj?lm G, Sakwe AM, Engstr?m A, H?glund AS, Larsson E, Robinson RC, Sundberg C, Rask L. Selective interaction of megalin with postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95)-like membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) proteins. Biochem J. 2003 Jul 15; 373(Pt 2):381-91.
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Sakwe AM, Engstr?m A, Larsson M, Rask L. Biosynthesis and secretion of parathyroid hormone are sensitive to proteasome inhibitors in dispersed bovine parathyroid cells. J Biol Chem. 2002 May 17; 277(20):17687-95.
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Norford DC, Meuten DJ, Cullen JM, Collins JJ. Pituitary and thyroid gland lesions induced by 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (2-MBI) inhalation in male Fischer-344 rats. Toxicol Pathol. 1993 Sep-Oct; 21(5):456-64.
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Coburn JW, Salusky IB, Norris KC, Goodman WG. Oral and parenteral calcitriol for the management of end-stage renal disease. Contrib Nephrol. 1991; 90:166-82.