"Ammonia" 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 colorless alkaline gas. It is formed in the body during decomposition of organic materials during a large number of metabolically important reactions. Note that the aqueous form of ammonia is referred to as AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000641
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.362.075 D01.625.050
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ammonia" by people in Profiles.
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An SLC12A9-dependent ion transport mechanism maintains lysosomal osmolarity. Dev Cell. 2025 Jan 20; 60(2):220-235.e7.
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Genome Streamlining, Proteorhodopsin, and Organic Nitrogen Metabolism in Freshwater Nitrifiers. mBio. 2022 06 28; 13(3):e0237921.
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Mechanisms for falling urine pH with age in stone formers. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 07 01; 317(7):F65-F72.
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Herbivorous turtle ants obtain essential nutrients from a conserved nitrogen-recycling gut microbiome. Nat Commun. 2018 03 06; 9(1):964.
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CPS1 maintains pyrimidine pools and DNA synthesis in KRAS/LKB1-mutant lung cancer cells. Nature. 2017 06 01; 546(7656):168-172.
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Genetically modified algae produce hydrogen biofuel at five times their normal yield. Sci Prog. 2016 Dec 01; 99(4):450-451.
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Disseminated Ureaplasma infection as a cause of fatal hyperammonemia in humans. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Apr 22; 7(284):284re3.
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Randomized, double-blind, controlled study of glycerol phenylbutyrate in hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatology. 2014 Mar; 59(3):1073-83.
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Bioturbation determines the response of benthic ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms to ocean acidification. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2013; 368(1627):20120441.
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Reducing the risk of hyperammonemia from transfusion of stored red blood cells. Transfus Apher Sci. 2013 Dec; 49(3):459-62.