"Chitin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
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D002686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139 D09.698.211
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitin" by people in Profiles.
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Underscoring the immense potential of chitosan in fighting a wide spectrum of viruses: A plausible molecule against SARS-CoV-2? Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 May 15; 179:33-44.
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Scale-up of non-toxic poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)-Chitin based nanocomposite articles by injection moulding and 3D printing. Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Dec 15; 165(Pt B):3145-3155.
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Chitin promotes antigen-specific Th2 cell-mediated murine asthma through induction of IL-33-mediated IL-1? production by DCs. Sci Rep. 2018 08 06; 8(1):11721.
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Hyaluronan synthase assembles hyaluronan on a [GlcNAc(ß1,4)]n-GlcNAc(a1?)UDP primer and hyaluronan retains this residual chitin oligomer as a cap at the nonreducing end. Glycobiology. 2017 06 01; 27(6):536-554.
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A Single Host-Derived Glycan Impacts Key Regulatory Nodes of Symbiont Metabolism in a Coevolved Mutualism. mBio. 2015 Jul 14; 6(4):e00811.
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Hyaluronan synthase assembles chitin oligomers with -GlcNAc(a1?)UDP at the reducing end. Glycobiology. 2015 Jun; 25(6):632-43.
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Genetics and functional genomics of legume nodulation. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2006 Apr; 9(2):110-21.
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Laser immunotherapy: a novel treatment modality for metastatic tumors. Mol Biotechnol. 2003 Sep; 25(1):37-44.
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Effect of different components of laser immunotherapy in treatment of metastatic tumors in rats. Cancer Res. 2002 Aug 01; 62(15):4295-9.
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Laser-photosensitizer assisted immunotherapy: a novel modality for cancer treatment. Cancer Lett. 1997 May 01; 115(1):25-30.