"Alanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A non-essential amino acid that occurs in high levels in its free state in plasma. It is produced from pyruvate by transamination. It is involved in sugar and acid metabolism, increases IMMUNITY, and provides energy for muscle tissue, BRAIN, and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D000409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.042
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| Concept/Terms |
Alanine- Alanine
- Alanine, L-Isomer
- Alanine, L Isomer
- L-Isomer Alanine
- L-Alanine
- L Alanine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alanine" by people in Profiles.
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Remdesivir therapy associated with Bradycardia in SARS-CoV2. Clin Cardiol. 2021 09; 44(9):1190-1191.
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Preferential use of dexamethasone for fetal lung maturation in severe coronavirus disease 2019. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2020 11; 2(4):100218.
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S/P and T/P phosphorylation is critical for tau neurotoxicity in Drosophila. J Neurosci Res. 2007 May 01; 85(6):1271-8.
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Taxol induced apoptosis regulates amino acid transport in breast cancer cells. Apoptosis. 2007 Mar; 12(3):593-612.
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Forkhead l2 is expressed in the ovary and represses the promoter activity of the steroidogenic acute regulatory gene. Endocrinology. 2004 Jul; 145(7):3424-33.
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A new Na+-independent transport system for dipolar amino acids apparently corresponding to systems persisting after erythrocyte maturation in some mammalian genotypes. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1985; 456:454-6.