"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitin" by people in Profiles.
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Chitin utilization by marine picocyanobacteria and the evolution of a planktonic lifestyle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 05 16; 120(20):e2213271120.
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Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants. Nat Commun. 2021 01 29; 12(1):676.
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Dynamics of F-actin prefigure the structure of butterfly wing scales. Dev Biol. 2014 Aug 15; 392(2):404-18.
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Chitin microparticles for the control of intestinal inflammation. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2012 Sep; 18(9):1698-710.
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Novel semisynthetic method for generating full length beta-amyloid peptides. Biopolymers. 2010; 94(4):511-20.
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Protein-cross-linked polymeric materials through site-selective bioconjugation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2008; 47(20):3751-4.
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The role of novel chitin-like polysaccharides in Alzheimer disease. Neurotox Res. 2007 Dec; 12(4):269-74.
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Chitin-like polysaccharides in Alzheimer's disease brains. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2005 Oct; 2(4):419-23.
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Chitosan: evaluation of a new hemostatic agent. Curr Surg. 1990 Jan-Feb; 47(1):37-9.
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Invasive aspergillosis: clinical and pathological features of a new animal model. J Med Vet Mycol. 1989; 27(1):5-15.