"Chitin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
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D002686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139 D09.698.211
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitin" by people in Profiles.
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Sani MA, Tavassoli M, Hamishehkar H, McClements DJ. Carbohydrate-based films containing pH-sensitive red barberry anthocyanins: Application as biodegradable smart food packaging materials. Carbohydr Polym. 2021 Mar 01; 255:117488.
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Zhou H, Lv S, Liu J, Tan Y, Muriel Mundo JL, Bai L, Rojas OJ, McClements DJ. Modulation of Physicochemical Characteristics of Pickering Emulsions: Utilization of Nanocellulose- and Nanochitin-Coated Lipid Droplet Blends. J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Jan 15; 68(2):603-611.
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Hayden CA, Hung CY, Zhang H, Negron A, Esquerra R, Ostroff G, Abraham A, Lopez AG, Gonzales JE, Howard JA. Maize-Produced Ag2 as a Subunit Vaccine for Valley Fever. J Infect Dis. 2019 07 19; 220(4):615-623.
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Upadhya R, Baker LG, Lam WC, Specht CA, Donlin MJ, Lodge JK. Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Its Chitin Deacetylase Activity Are Required for Fungal Pathogenesis. mBio. 2018 11 20; 9(6).
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Hung CY, Zhang H, Castro-Lopez N, Ostroff GR, Khoshlenar P, Abraham A, Cole GT, Negron A, Forsthuber T, Peng T, Galgiani JN, Ampel NM, Yu JJ. Glucan-Chitin Particles Enhance Th17 Response and Improve Protective Efficacy of a Multivalent Antigen (rCpa1) against Pulmonary Coccidioides posadasii Infection. Infect Immun. 2018 11; 86(11).
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Levitz SM, Huang H, Ostroff GR, Specht CA. Exploiting fungal cell wall components in vaccines. Semin Immunopathol. 2015 Mar; 37(2):199-207.
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Chaudhari SS, Moussian B, Specht CA, Arakane Y, Kramer KJ, Beeman RW, Muthukrishnan S. Functional specialization among members of Knickkopf family of proteins in insect cuticle organization. PLoS Genet. 2014 Aug; 10(8):e1004537.
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Chaudhari SS, Arakane Y, Specht CA, Moussian B, Kramer KJ, Muthukrishnan S, Beeman RW. Retroactive maintains cuticle integrity by promoting the trafficking of Knickkopf into the procuticle of Tribolium castaneum. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(1):e1003268.
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Bueter CL, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Innate sensing of chitin and chitosan. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Jan; 9(1):e1003080.
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Jasrapuria S, Specht CA, Kramer KJ, Beeman RW, Muthukrishnan S. Gene families of cuticular proteins analogous to peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum have diverse functions. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e49844.