Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins

"Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Intracellular proteins that reversibly bind hydrophobic ligands including: saturated and unsaturated FATTY ACIDS; EICOSANOIDS; and RETINOIDS. They are considered a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed family of proteins that may play a role in the metabolism of LIPIDS.

Descriptor ID	D050556
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.157.170
Concept/Terms	Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Brain-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Brain-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Brain Specific Brain-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Brain Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Plasma-Membrane Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Plasma-Membrane Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Plasma Membrane Specific Plasma Membrane Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Plasma Membrane Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Intestinal-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Intestinal-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Intestinal Specific Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Liver-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Liver-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Liver Specific Liver Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Myocardial-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Myocardial-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Myocardial Specific Myocardial Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Myocardial Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Protein, Cardiac Myocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Cardiac Myocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein, Myocardial Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Myocardial Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Adipocyte Specific Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Adipocyte Specific Fatty Acid Binding Protein Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Cytosolic Specific Cytosolic Lipid-Binding Proteins Cytosolic Lipid Binding Proteins Lipid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157]
Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins [D12.776.157.170]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	2	2
2006	2	0	2
2009	0	2	2
2010	1	0	1
2011	0	2	2
2012	3	1	4
2013	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2018	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

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Maciel PS, Almeida GG, Carvalho GBF, Silva-Pereira RAD, Antonelli LRDV, Fonseca CT. Exploring the immune responses triggered by vaccine formulations containing the recombinant Schistosoma mansoni 14kDa fatty acid-binding protein. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0338310.

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Lee V, Smith TW, Arikan MÇ, Zhang L, Çataltepe O, Çataltepe S. Fatty Acid-binding Protein 4 Expression in Tumor Cells as a Potential Marker for Anaplastic Meningiomas. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2021 02 01; 29(2):e10-e16.

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Toor RH, Khan ZN, Tariq M, Tassaduq R, Gardner QA, Waheed-Uz-Zaman W, Lian JB, Stein JL, Stein GS, Shakoori AR. Bioactivity-Guided Isolation and Identification of Anti-adipogenic Constituents from the n-Butanol Fraction of Cissus quadrangularis. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2020; 30(6):519-541.

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Li L, He M, Xiao H, Liu X, Wang K, Zhang Y. Acetic Acid Influences BRL-3A Cell Lipid Metabolism via the AMPK Signalling Pathway. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018; 45(5):2021-2030.

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Zachariah JP, Quiroz R, Nelson KP, Teng Z, Keaney JF, Sullivan LM, Vasan RS. Prospective Relation of Circulating Adipokines to Incident Metabolic Syndrome: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jul 16; 6(7).

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Zachariah JP, Quiroz R, Enserro D, Andersson C, Keaney JF, Sullivan LM, Vasan RS. Association of Parental Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus With Circulating Adipokines in Nonobese Nondiabetic Offspring. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jul 16; 6(7).

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Liu G, Ding M, Chiuve SE, Rimm EB, Franks PW, Meigs JB, Hu FB, Sun Q. Plasma Levels of Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4, Retinol-Binding Protein 4, High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin, and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Men With Type 2 Diabetes: A 22-Year Prospective Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 11; 36(11):2259-2267.

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Lee JJ, Britton KA, Pedley A, Massaro JM, Speliotes EK, Murabito JM, Hoffmann U, Ingram C, Keaney JF, Vasan RS, Fox CS. Adipose Tissue Depots and Their Cross-Sectional Associations With Circulating Biomarkers of Metabolic Regulation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 05 04; 5(5).

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Bajaj A, Rathor P, Sehgal V, Kabak B, Shetty A, Al Masalmeh O, Hosur S. Prognostic Value of Biomarkers in Acute Non-massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Lung. 2015 Oct; 193(5):639-51.

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Cataltepe S, Arikan MC, Liang X, Smith TW, Cataltepe O. Fatty acid binding protein 4 expression in cerebral vascular malformations: implications for vascular remodelling. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2015 Aug; 41(5):646-56.

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