Scavenger Receptors, Class A
"Scavenger Receptors, Class A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of scavenger receptors that mediate the influx of LIPIDS into MACROPHAGES and are involved in FOAM CELL formation.
| Descriptor ID |
D051117
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.705.940.500 D12.776.543.750.710.450.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Scavenger Receptors, Class A".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Receptors, Immunologic [D12.776.543.750.705]
- Receptors, Scavenger [D12.776.543.750.705.940]
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A [D12.776.543.750.705.940.500]
- Receptors, Lipoprotein [D12.776.543.750.710]
- Receptors, LDL [D12.776.543.750.710.450]
- Receptors, Scavenger [D12.776.543.750.710.450.750]
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A [D12.776.543.750.710.450.750.500]
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scavenger Receptors, Class A" by people in Profiles.
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Host genetic variation influences gene expression response to rhinovirus infection. PLoS Genet. 2015 Apr; 11(4):e1005111.
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Lipid-induced insulin resistance is associated with increased monocyte expression of scavenger receptor CD36 and internalization of oxidized LDL. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Dec; 17(12):2142-8.
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Phagocytosis of cholesteryl ester is amplified in diabetic mouse macrophages and is largely mediated by CD36 and SR-A. PLoS One. 2007 Jun 06; 2(6):e511.
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Scavenger-receptor targeted photodynamic therapy. Photochem Photobiol. 2000 Oct; 72(4):533-40.
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Peptide model of a highly conserved, N-terminal domain of apolipoprotein E is able to modulate lipoprotein binding to a member of the class A scavenger receptor family. J Lipid Res. 1999 Apr; 40(4):753-63.