 Amifostine
"Amifostine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phosphorothioate proposed as a radiation-protective agent. It causes splenic vasodilation and may block autonomic ganglia.
| Descriptor ID |
D004999
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.705.539.060 D02.886.309.060
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| Concept/Terms |
Amifostine- Amifostine
- S-(N-(3-Aminopropyl)-2-aminoethyl)thiophosphoric Acid
- Ethiofos
- Gammaphos
- Aminopropylaminoethylthiophosphoric Acid
- Acid, Aminopropylaminoethylthiophosphoric
- APAETP
Ethyol- Ethyol
- US Bioscience Brand of Amifostine
- Lilly Brand of Amifostine
- Amifostine Lilly Brand
- Schering-Plough Brand of Amifostine
- Amifostine Schering-Plough Brand
- Schering Plough Brand of Amifostine
- Alza Brand of Amifostine
- Amifostine Alza Brand
- Essex Brand of Amifostine
- Amifostine Essex Brand
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amifostine" by people in Profiles.
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Miller RC, Murley JS, Grdina DJ. Metformin exhibits radiation countermeasures efficacy when used alone or in combination with sulfhydryl containing drugs. Radiat Res. 2014 May; 181(5):464-70.
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Ormsby RJ, Lawrence MD, Blyth BJ, Bexis K, Bezak E, Murley JS, Grdina DJ, Sykes PJ. Protection from radiation-induced apoptosis by the radioprotector amifostine (WR-2721) is radiation dose dependent. Cell Biol Toxicol. 2014 Feb; 30(1):55-66.
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Fu P, Murley JS, Grdina DJ, Birukova AA, Birukov KG. Induction of cellular antioxidant defense by amifostine improves ventilator-induced lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec; 39(12):2711-21.
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Murley JS, Baker KL, Miller RC, Darga TE, Weichselbaum RR, Grdina DJ. SOD2-mediated adaptive responses induced by low-dose ionizing radiation via TNF signaling and amifostine. Free Radic Biol Med. 2011 Nov 15; 51(10):1918-25.
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Phillips GL, Bernstein SH, Liesveld JL, Abboud CN, Becker MW, Constine LS, Ifthikharuddin JJ, Loughner JE, Milner LA, Vesole DH, Friedberg JW. A Phase I trial: dose escalation of melphalan in the "BEAM" regimen using amifostine cytoprotection. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jul; 17(7):1033-42.
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Dziegielewski J, Goetz W, Murley JS, Grdina DJ, Morgan WF, Baulch JE. Amifostine metabolite WR-1065 disrupts homologous recombination in mammalian cells. Radiat Res. 2010 Feb; 173(2):175-83.
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Grdina DJ, Murley JS, Kataoka Y, Baker KL, Kunnavakkam R, Coleman MC, Spitz DR. Amifostine induces antioxidant enzymatic activities in normal tissues and a transplantable tumor that can affect radiation response. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Mar 01; 73(3):886-96.
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Fu P, Birukova AA, Xing J, Sammani S, Murley JS, Garcia JG, Grdina DJ, Birukov KG. Amifostine reduces lung vascular permeability via suppression of inflammatory signalling. Eur Respir J. 2009 Mar; 33(3):612-24.
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Dziegielewski J, Baulch JE, Goetz W, Coleman MC, Spitz DR, Murley JS, Grdina DJ, Morgan WF. WR-1065, the active metabolite of amifostine, mitigates radiation-induced delayed genomic instability. Free Radic Biol Med. 2008 Dec 15; 45(12):1674-81.
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Paunesku D, Paunesku T, Wahl A, Kataoka Y, Murley J, Grdina DJ, Woloschak GE. Incidence of tissue toxicities in gamma ray and fission neutron-exposed mice treated with Amifostine. Int J Radiat Biol. 2008 Aug; 84(8):623-34.
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