Methotrexate

"Methotrexate" 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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An antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. It is an inhibitor of TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE and prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA.

Descriptor ID	D008727
MeSH Number(s)	D03.633.100.733.631.192.500
Concept/Terms	Methotrexate Methotrexate Amethopterin Methotrexate, (D)-Isomer Methotrexate, (D)-Isomer Methotrexate, (DL)-Isomer Methotrexate, (DL)-Isomer Mexate Mexate Methotrexate Sodium Methotrexate Sodium Sodium, Methotrexate Methotrexate, Sodium Salt Methotrexate, Disodium Salt Methotrexate Hydrate Methotrexate Hydrate Hydrate, Methotrexate Methotrexate, Dicesium Salt Methotrexate, Dicesium Salt Dicesium Salt Methotrexate

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.633.100]
Pteridines [D03.633.100.733]
Pterins [D03.633.100.733.631]
Aminopterin [D03.633.100.733.631.192]
Methotrexate [D03.633.100.733.631.192.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2005	0	3	3
2006	1	1	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	0	2	2
2014	1	2	3
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1

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Schink JC, Filiaci V, Huang HQ, Tidy J, Winter M, Carter J, Anderson N, Moxley K, Yabuno A, Taylor SE, Kushnir C, Horowitz N, Miller DS. An international randomized phase III trial of pulse actinomycin-D versus multi-day methotrexate for the treatment of low risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia; NRG/GOG 275. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 08; 158(2):354-360.

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Lee KR, Bershow A, Crowson AN. Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa secondary to scleroderma. Cutis. 2019 02; 103(2):E4-E6.

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Barnhart KT, Sammel MD, Stephenson M, Robins J, Hansen KR, Youssef WA, Santoro N, Eisenberg E, Zhang H. Optimal treatment for women with a persisting pregnancy of unknown location, a randomized controlled trial: The ACT-or-NOT trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 10; 73:145-151.

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Pratap S, Pokala HR, Meyer WH, Gehrs BC, Palacios MF. Diffuse Marrow Involvement in Metastatic Osteosarcoma: An Unusual Presentation. J Oncol Pract. 2017 06; 13(6):401-403.

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Pulivarthi S, Reshi RA, McGary CT, Gurram MK. Cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient on methotrexate and infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis. Intern Med. 2015; 54(11):1433-6.

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Zargar H, Espiritu PN, Fairey AS, Mertens LS, Dinney CP, Mir MC, Krabbe LM, Cookson MS, Jacobsen NE, Gandhi NM, Griffin J, Montgomery JS, Vasdev N, Yu EY, Youssef D, Xylinas E, Campain NJ, Kassouf W, Dall'Era MA, Seah JA, Ercole CE, Horenblas S, Sridhar SS, McGrath JS, Aning J, Shariat SF, Wright JL, Thorpe AC, Morgan TM, Holzbeierlein JM, Bivalacqua TJ, North S, Barocas DA, Lotan Y, Garcia JA, Stephenson AJ, Shah JB, van Rhijn BW, Daneshmand S, Spiess PE, Black PC. Multicenter assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Eur Urol. 2015 Feb; 67(2):241-9.

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Wallace CA, Ringold S, Bohnsack J, Spalding SJ, Brunner HI, Milojevic D, Schanberg LE, Higgins GC, O'Neil KM, Gottlieb BS, Hsu J, Punaro MG, Kimura Y, Hendrickson A. Extension study of participants from the trial of early aggressive therapy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2014 Dec; 41(12):2459-65.

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Goldman S, Smith L, Galardy P, Perkins SL, Frazer JK, Sanger W, Anderson JR, Gross TG, Weinstein H, Harrison L, Shiramizu B, Barth M, Cairo MS. Rituximab with chemotherapy in children and adolescents with central nervous system and/or bone marrow-positive Burkitt lymphoma/leukaemia: a Children's Oncology Group Report. Br J Haematol. 2014 Nov; 167(3):394-401.

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Green T, Chen X, Ryan S, Asch AS, Ruiz-Echevarría MJ. TMEFF2 and SARDH cooperate to modulate one-carbon metabolism and invasion of prostate cancer cells. Prostate. 2013 Oct; 73(14):1561-75.

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Peterfy CG, Olech E, DiCarlo JC, Merrill JT, Countryman PJ, Gaylis NB. Monitoring cartilage loss in the hands and wrists in rheumatoid arthritis with magnetic resonance imaging in a multi-center clinical trial: IMPRESS (NCT00425932). Arthritis Res Ther. 2013 Mar 20; 15(2):R44.

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