"Mevalonic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid and precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway, which produces terpenes and steroids that are vital for diverse cellular functions.
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D008798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.511.579
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mevalonic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Moon SH, Huang CH, Houlihan SL, Regunath K, Freed-Pastor WA, Morris JP, Tschaharganeh DF, Kastenhuber ER, Barsotti AM, Culp-Hill R, Xue W, Ho YJ, Baslan T, Li X, Mayle A, de Stanchina E, Zender L, Tong DR, D'Alessandro A, Lowe SW, Prives C. p53 Represses the Mevalonate Pathway to Mediate Tumor Suppression. Cell. 2019 01 24; 176(3):564-580.e19.
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Jameson JM, Cruz J, Costanzo A, Terajima M, Ennis FA. A role for the mevalonate pathway in the induction of subtype cross-reactive immunity to influenza A virus by human gammadelta T lymphocytes. Cell Immunol. 2010; 264(1):71-7.
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Yang Z, Xiao H, Jin H, Koo PT, Tsang DJ, Yang CS. Synergistic actions of atorvastatin with gamma-tocotrienol and celecoxib against human colon cancer HT29 and HCT116 cells. Int J Cancer. 2010 Feb 15; 126(4):852-63.
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Yeger-Lotem E, Riva L, Su LJ, Gitler AD, Cashikar AG, King OD, Auluck PK, Geddie ML, Valastyan JS, Karger DR, Lindquist S, Fraenkel E. Bridging high-throughput genetic and transcriptional data reveals cellular responses to alpha-synuclein toxicity. Nat Genet. 2009 Mar; 41(3):316-23.
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Hrboticky N, Becker A, Kruse HJ, Weber PC. Increased cellular triglyceride levels in human monocytic and rat smooth muscle cells after lovastatin. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1997 Nov 30; 1349(3):211-21.
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Weber C, Erl W, Weber PC. Lovastatin induces differentiation of Mono Mac 6 cells. Cell Biochem Funct. 1995 Dec; 13(4):273-7.