 Calcitonin
"Calcitonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A peptide hormone that lowers calcium concentration in the blood. In humans, it is released by thyroid cells and acts to decrease the formation and absorptive activity of osteoclasts. Its role in regulating plasma calcium is much greater in children and in certain diseases than in normal adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D002116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.150 D12.644.400.095 D12.644.548.150 D12.776.641.650.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcitonin- Calcitonin
- Calcitrin
- Thyrocalcitonin
- Calcitonin(1-32)
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcitonin" by people in Profiles.
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Mohiuddin MS, Himeno T, Inoue R, Miura-Yura E, Yamada Y, Nakai-Shimoda H, Asano S, Kato M, Motegi M, Kondo M, Seino Y, Tsunekawa S, Kato Y, Suzuki A, Naruse K, Kato K, Nakamura J, Kamiya H. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Protects Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons against Oxidative Insult. J Diabetes Res. 2019; 2019:9426014.
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Lindenauer PK, Shieh MS, Stefan MS, Fisher KA, Haessler SD, Pekow PS, Rothberg MB, Krishnan JA, Walkey AJ. Hospital Procalcitonin Testing and Antibiotic Treatment of Patients Admitted for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Dec; 14(12):1779-1785.
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Downes KJ, Weiss SL, Gerber JS, Klieger SB, Fitzgerald JC, Balamuth F, Kubis SE, Tolomeo P, Bilker WB, Han X, Nachamkin I, Garrigan C, Han JH, Lautenbach E, Coffin SE. A Pragmatic Biomarker-Driven Algorithm to Guide Antibiotic Use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: The Optimizing Antibiotic Strategies in Sepsis (OASIS) Study. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Jun 01; 6(2):134-141.
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Papadakis G, Keramidas I, Triantafillou E, Kanouta F, Pappa T, Kaltzidou V, Tertipi A, Iordanidou L, Trivizaki E, Vecchini G, Villiotou V, Pappas A. Association of Basal and Calcium-stimulated Calcitonin Levels with Pathological Findings After Total Thyroidectomy. Anticancer Res. 2015 Jul; 35(7):4251-8.
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Herrera MF, Åkerström G, Angelos P, Grant CS, Hoff AO, Pantoja JP, Pérez-Johnston R, Sahani DV, Wong RJ, Randolph G. AACE/ACE disease state clinical review: pancreatic neuroendocrine incidentalomas. Endocr Pract. 2015 May; 21(5):546-53.
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Rowland KJ, Jin LX, Moley JF. Biochemical cure after reoperations for medullary thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Jan; 22(1):96-102.
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Soybilgic A, Tesher M, Wagner-Weiner L, Onel KB. A survey of steroid-related osteoporosis diagnosis, prevention and treatment practices of pediatric rheumatologists in North America. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2014; 12:24.
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Elisei R, Schlumberger MJ, Müller SP, Schöffski P, Brose MS, Shah MH, Licitra L, Jarzab B, Medvedev V, Kreissl MC, Niederle B, Cohen EE, Wirth LJ, Ali H, Hessel C, Yaron Y, Ball D, Nelkin B, Sherman SI. Cabozantinib in progressive medullary thyroid cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Oct 10; 31(29):3639-46.
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Soni NJ, Samson DJ, Galaydick JL, Vats V, Huang ES, Aronson N, Pitrak DL. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hosp Med. 2013 Sep; 8(9):530-40.
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Rao K, Walk ST, Micic D, Chenoweth E, Deng L, Galecki AT, Jain R, Trivedi I, Yu M, Santhosh K, Ring C, Young VB, Huffnagle GB, Aronoff DM. Procalcitonin levels associate with severity of Clostridium difficile infection. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e58265.
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