"Uric Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An oxidation product, via XANTHINE OXIDASE, of oxypurines such as XANTHINE and HYPOXANTHINE. It is the final oxidation product of purine catabolism in humans and primates, whereas in most other mammals URATE OXIDASE further oxidizes it to ALLANTOIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D014527
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.960.877 D03.633.100.759.758.824.877
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| Concept/Terms |
Uric Acid- Uric Acid
- Acid, Uric
- 2,6,8-Trihydroxypurine
- Trioxopurine
Sodium Urate Monohydrate- Sodium Urate Monohydrate
- Monohydrate, Sodium Urate
- Urate Monohydrate, Sodium
- Monosodium Urate Monohydrate
- Monohydrate, Monosodium Urate
- Urate Monohydrate, Monosodium
- Sodium Acid Urate Monohydrate
- Sodium Urate
- Urate, Sodium
- Monosodium Urate
- Urate, Monosodium
- Sodium Acid Urate
- Acid Urate, Sodium
- Urate, Sodium Acid
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uric Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Epigenome-wide association study of serum urate reveals insights into urate co-regulation and the SLC2A9 locus. Nat Commun. 2021 12 09; 12(1):7173.
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Serum uric acid and inflammation in patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura: preliminary results. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015 Nov; 19(22):4385-9.
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Uncovering the evolutionary history of innate immunity: the simple metazoan Hydra uses epithelial cells for host defence. Dev Comp Immunol. 2009 Apr; 33(4):559-69.
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