"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 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 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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Zheng H, Tang M, Zheng Q, Kumarapeli AR, Horak KM, Tian Z, Wang X. Doxycycline attenuates protein aggregation in cardiomyocytes and improves survival of a mouse model of cardiac proteinopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 19; 56(17):1418-26.
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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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Liu J, Chen Q, Huang W, Horak KM, Zheng H, Mestril R, Wang X. Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in desminopathy mouse hearts. FASEB J. 2006 Feb; 20(2):362-4.
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Chen Q, Liu JB, Horak KM, Zheng H, Kumarapeli AR, Li J, Li F, Gerdes AM, Wawrousek EF, Wang X. Intrasarcoplasmic amyloidosis impairs proteolytic function of proteasomes in cardiomyocytes by compromising substrate uptake. Circ Res. 2005 Nov 11; 97(10):1018-26.
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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.