"Purines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include ADENINE and GUANINE, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.
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D011687
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Purines" by people in this website by year, and whether "Purines" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Purines" by people in Profiles.
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CDK4/6 inhibition in early and advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2025 Jun; 25(6):675-686.
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Identification of CDK4/6 Inhibitors as Small Molecule NLRP3 Inflammasome Activators that Facilitate IL-1ß Secretion and T Cell Adjuvanticity. J Med Chem. 2024 Sep 12; 67(17):14974-14985.
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Electron transport chain inhibition increases cellular dependence on purine transport and salvage. Cell Metab. 2024 Jul 02; 36(7):1504-1520.e9.
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Purine-ifying uric acid by gut microbes. Cell Chem Biol. 2023 07 20; 30(7):706-708.
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Idelalisib activates AKT via increased recruitment of PI3Kd/PI3Kß to BCR signalosome while reducing PDK1 in post-therapy CLL cells. Leukemia. 2022 07; 36(7):1806-1817.
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A Phase Ib/II Study of the CDK4/6 Inhibitor Ribociclib in Combination with Docetaxel plus Prednisone in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 04 14; 28(8):1531-1539.
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MTHFD2 is a metabolic checkpoint controlling effector and regulatory T cell fate and function. Immunity. 2022 01 11; 55(1):65-81.e9.
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Safety of nontumor necrosis factor-targeted biologics in the COVID-19 pandemic. J Med Virol. 2021 02; 93(2):714-716.
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Longitudinal Multi-omics Reveals Subset-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Cell. 2020 09 17; 182(6):1460-1473.e17.
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Evolving Considerations for Thiopurine Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-A Clinical Practice Update: Commentary. Gastroenterology. 2019 01; 156(1):36-42.