"Protoporphyrins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Porphyrins with four methyl, two vinyl, and two propionic acid side chains attached to the pyrrole rings. Protoporphyrin IX occurs in hemoglobin, myoglobin, and most of the cytochromes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011524
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.578.840.500.725 D03.633.400.909.500.725 D04.345.783.500.725 D23.767.727.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Protoporphyrins" by people in Profiles.
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Differential Regulation of the Two Ferrochelatase Paralogues in Shewanella loihica PV-4 in Response to Environmental Stresses. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 09 01; 82(17):5077-88.
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Zinc Protoporphyrin Suppresses ß-Catenin Protein Expression in Human Cancer Cells: The Potential Involvement of Lysosome-Mediated Degradation. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0127413.
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Zinc protoporphyrin suppresses cancer cell viability through a heme oxygenase-1-independent mechanism: the involvement of the Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway. Biochem Pharmacol. 2013 Jun 01; 85(11):1611-8.
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Comparison of indicators of iron deficiency in Kenyan children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 May; 95(5):1231-7.
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Photodynamic therapy of prostate cancer by means of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX - in vivo experiments on the dunning rat tumor model. Urol Int. 2004; 72(3):196-202.
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Fluorescence diagnosis: a novel method to guide radical inguinal lymph node dissection in penile cancer. World J Urol. 2004 Jun; 22(2):150-4.
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Autofluorescence imaging to optimize 5-ALA-induced fluorescence endoscopy of bladder carcinoma. Urology. 2001 Sep; 58(3):372-5.
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Endoscopic fluorescence diagnosis and laser treatment of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Semin Urol Oncol. 2000 Nov; 18(4):264-72.
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Iron deficiency anemia: higher prevalence in Mexican American than in non-Hispanic white females in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Oct; 72(4):963-8.