"Taurine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A conditionally essential nutrient, important during mammalian development. It is present in milk but is isolated mostly from ox bile and strongly conjugates bile acids.
| Descriptor ID |
D013654
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.100.850 D02.886.645.600.055.850
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Taurine" by people in Profiles.
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Deletion of hepatocyte cysteine dioxygenase type 1, a bile acid repressed gene, enhances glutathione synthesis and ameliorates acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. Biochem Pharmacol. 2024 Apr; 222:116103.
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HNF4a Regulates CSAD to Couple Hepatic Taurine Production to Bile Acid Synthesis in Mice. Gene Expr. 2018 08 22; 18(3):187-196.
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Utility of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for pancreatic cancer studies. Pancreas. 2012 Apr; 41(3):474-80.
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Small molecular, macromolecular, and cellular chloramines react with thiocyanate to give the human defense factor hypothiocyanite. Biochemistry. 2010 Mar 09; 49(9):2068-74.
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Taurine secretion in primary monolayer cultures of flounder renal epithelium: stimulation by low osmolality. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2000 Aug; 279(2):R704-12.
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Basolateral taurine transport system in reptilian renal cells. Am J Physiol. 1994 Mar; 266(3 Pt 2):F439-49.
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Taurine: an essential amino acid to prevent cholestasis in neonates? Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Nov; 26(11):1390-2.
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Sodium-taurine cotransport in reptilian renal brush-border membrane vesicles. Pflugers Arch. 1992 Jun; 421(2-3):168-75.
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Characteristics of renal transport of taurine in reptilian brush-border membranes. Am J Physiol. 1991 May; 260(5 Pt 2):R879-88.
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Renal secretion of amino acids in ophidian reptiles. Am J Physiol. 1986 Apr; 250(4 Pt 2):R712-20.