"Chitosan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Deacetylated CHITIN, a linear polysaccharide of deacetylated beta-1,4-D-glucosamine. It is used in HYDROGEL and to treat WOUNDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D048271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139.500 D09.698.211.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitosan" by people in Profiles.
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Zhang C, Yuan H, Liu H, Chen X, Lu P, Zhu T, Yang L, Yin Z, Heng BC, Zhang Y, Ouyang H. Well-aligned chitosan-based ultrafine fibers committed teno-lineage differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells for Achilles tendon regeneration. Biomaterials. 2015; 53:716-30.
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Bueter CL, Lee CK, Wang JP, Ostroff GR, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Spectrum and mechanisms of inflammasome activation by chitosan. J Immunol. 2014 Jun 15; 192(12):5943-51.
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Zhu S, Lu P, Liu H, Chen P, Wu Y, Wang Y, Sun H, Zhang X, Xia Q, Heng BC, Zhou Y, Ouyang HW. Inhibition of Rac1 activity by controlled release of NSC23766 from chitosan microspheres effectively ameliorates osteoarthritis development in vivo. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Jan; 74(1):285-93.