"Desmin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An intermediate filament protein found predominantly in smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle cells. Localized at the Z line. MW 50,000 to 55,000 is species dependent.
| Descriptor ID |
D003893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.593.200 D12.776.220.475.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmin" by people in Profiles.
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Bhunia S, Barbhuiya MA, Gupta S, Shrivastava BR, Tiwari PK. Epigenetic downregulation of desmin in gall bladder cancer reveals its potential role in disease progression. Indian J Med Res. 2020 04; 151(4):311-318.
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Kuperman M, Florence RR, Pantanowitz L, Visintainer PF, Cibas ES, Otis CN. Distinguishing benign from malignant mesothelial cells in effusions by Glut-1, EMA, and Desmin expression: an evidence-based approach. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Feb; 41(2):131-40.
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Owens CL, Sharma R, Ali SZ. Deep fibromatosis (desmoid tumor): cytopathologic characteristics, clinicoradiologic features, and immunohistochemical findings on fine-needle aspiration. Cancer. 2007 Jun 25; 111(3):166-72.
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Liang SX, Lakshmanan Y, Woda BA, Jiang Z. A high-grade primary leiomyosarcoma of the bladder in a survivor of retinoblastoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001 Sep; 125(9):1231-4.
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Heidenthal AK, Weber PC, Lottspeich F, Hrboticky N. The binding in vitro of modified LDL to the intermediate filament protein vimentin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000 Jan 07; 267(1):49-53.