"Fatty Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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D005227
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251
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| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal exercise during lactation remodels obesity-associated mammary metabolism and milk fatty acids, enhancing offspring lipid oxidation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2026 May 01; 330(5):E541-E561.
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Large adipocytes increase vesicle-mediated lipid release and promote breast cancer malignancy. Cell Rep. 2026 Mar 24; 45(3):117061.
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Halotolerantifilum yawarlongkerapense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from Lake Warden, and proposal of Guggenheimellaceae fam. nov. in the order Peptostreptococcales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2026 Feb; 76(2).
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Rothia similimucilaginosa sp. nov., isolated from the human nasal cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2026 Jan; 76(1).
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Genome-based reclassification of Peribacillus castrilensis Rodr?guez et al. 2023 as a later heterotypic synonym of Peribacillus frigoritolerans (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Montecillo and Bae 2022, and an emended description of Peribacillus frigoritolerans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2025 Dec; 75(12).
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Genome-based reclassification of Terribacillus goriensis (Kim et al. 2007) Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2025 May; 75(5).
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NAD+ prevents chronic kidney disease by activating renal tubular metabolism. JCI Insight. 2025 Mar 10; 10(5).
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Methylomonas rivi sp. nov., Methylomonas rosea sp. nov., Methylomonas aurea sp. nov. and Methylomonas subterranea sp. nov., type I methane-oxidizing bacteria isolated from a freshwater creek and the deep terrestrial subsurface. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 Aug; 74(8).
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Clostridium tanneri sp. nov., isolated from the faecal material of an alpaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 May; 74(5).
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The Toxoplasma monocarboxylate transporters are involved in the metabolism within the apicoplast and are linked to parasite survival. Elife. 2024 Mar 19; 12.