"Mifepristone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary CUSHING SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D015735
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.365.415.580
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| Concept/Terms |
R-38486- R-38486
- R 38486
- RU-486
- RU 486
- RU486
- R38486
- RU-38486
- RU 38486
- RU38486
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mifepristone" by people in Profiles.
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A phase II evaluation of mifepristone in the treatment of recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian, fallopian or primary peritoneal cancer: a gynecologic oncology group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Mar; 116(3):332-4.
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Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors in the amygdala regulate distinct responses to colorectal distension. Neuropharmacology. 2009 Feb; 56(2):514-21.
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Early lymphoid progenitors in mouse and man are highly sensitive to glucocorticoids. Int Immunol. 2005 May; 17(5):501-11.
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Dexamethasone stimulates rRNA gene transcription in rat myoblasts. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1993 Aug; 94(2):243-52.