"Porifera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The phylum of sponges which are sessile, suspension-feeding, multicellular animals that utilize flagellated cells called choanocytes to circulate water. Most are hermaphroditic. They are probably an early evolutionary side branch that gave rise to no other group of animals. Except for about 150 freshwater species, sponges are marine animals. They are a source of ALKALOIDS; STEROLS; and other complex molecules useful in medicine and biological research.
| Descriptor ID |
D011161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Porifera- Porifera
- Poriferas
- Sponge (Zoology)
- Sponges (Zoology)
- Sponges
- Sponge
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porifera" by people in Profiles.
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Nguyen MA, Camci-Unal G. Unconventional Tissue Engineering Materials in Disguise. Trends Biotechnol. 2020 02; 38(2):178-190.
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Lee KH, Sulbar?n G, Yang S, Mun JY, Alamo L, Pinto A, Sato O, Ikebe M, Liu X, Korn ED, Sarsoza F, Bernstein SI, Padr?n R, Craig R. Interacting-heads motif has been conserved as a mechanism of myosin II inhibition since before the origin of animals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 02 27; 115(9):E1991-E2000.
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Parrish SM, Yoshida WY, Kondratyuk TP, Park EJ, Pezzuto JM, Kelly M, Williams PG. Spongiapyridine and related spongians isolated from an Indonesian Spongia sp. J Nat Prod. 2014 Jul 25; 77(7):1644-9.
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Cheenpracha S, Park EJ, Rostama B, Pezzuto JM, Chang LC. Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells by the norsesterterpene peroxide, epimuqubilin A. Mar Drugs. 2010 Mar 01; 8(3):429-37.
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Schupp PJ, Kohlert-Schupp C, Whitefield S, Engemann A, Rohde S, Hemscheidt T, Pezzuto JM, Kondratyuk TP, Park EJ, Marler L, Rostama B, Wright AD. Cancer chemopreventive and anticancer evaluation of extracts and fractions from marine macro- and microorganisms collected from Twilight Zone waters around Guam. Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Dec; 4(12):1717-28.
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Yao G, Kondratyuk TP, Tan GT, Pezzuto JM, Chang LC. Bioactive sulfated sesterterpene alkaloids and sesterterpene sulfates from the marine sponge Fasciospongia sp. J Nat Prod. 2009 Feb 27; 72(2):319-23.