"Urea" 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 compound formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids. It is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids.
| Descriptor ID |
D014508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.948
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urea" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of Alpha-Synuclein and Tau Antiaggregation Activity of Urea and Thiourea-Based Small Molecules for Neurodegenerative Disease Therapeutics. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2024 Nov 06; 15(21):3915-3931.
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Physiological and evolutionary contexts of a new symbiotic species from the nitrogen-recycling gut community of turtle ants. ISME J. 2023 10; 17(10):1751-1764.
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Occurrence, Impact, Analysis and Treatment of Metformin and Guanylurea in Coastal Aquatic Environments of Canada, USA and Europe. Adv Mar Biol. 2018; 81:23-58.
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A pumpless body-on-a-chip model using a primary culture of human intestinal cells and a 3D culture of liver cells. Lab Chip. 2018 07 10; 18(14):2036-2046.
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An Overlapping Region between the Two Terminal Folding Units of the Outer Surface Protein A (OspA) Controls Its Folding Behavior. J Mol Biol. 2018 06 08; 430(12):1799-1813.
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Chronic kidney disease, uremic milieu, and its effects on gut bacterial microbiota dysbiosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 09 01; 315(3):F487-F502.
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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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The structural analysis of shark IgNAR antibodies reveals evolutionary principles of immunoglobulins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 03; 111(22):8155-60.
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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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Variation in dialysis quality measures by facility, neighborhood, and region. Med Care. 2013 May; 51(5):413-7.