Fatty Acids

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Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Descriptor ID	D005227
MeSH Number(s)	D10.251
Concept/Terms	Fatty Acids Fatty Acids Acids, Fatty Fatty Acids, Esterified Fatty Acids, Esterified Acids, Esterified Fatty Esterified Fatty Acids Fatty Acids, Saturated Fatty Acids, Saturated Acids, Saturated Fatty Saturated Fatty Acids Aliphatic Acids Aliphatic Acids Acids, Aliphatic

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Lipids [D10]
Fatty Acids [D10.251]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	0	2	2
2010	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2013	2	3	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	3	2	5
2016	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2

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Ritterhoff J, McMillen T, Foundas H, Palkovacs R, Poschet G, Caudal A, Liu Y, Most P, Walker M, Tian R. 13C stable isotope tracing reveals distinct fatty acid oxidation pathways in proliferative versus oxidative cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 01 01; 328(1):C168-C178.

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Summer R, Todd JL, Neely ML, Lobo LJ, Namen A, Newby LK, Shafazand S, Suliman S, Hesslinger C, Keller S, Leonard TB, Palmer SM, Ilkayeva O, Muehlbauer MJ, Newgard CB, Roman J. Circulating metabolic profile in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: data from the IPF-PRO Registry. Respir Res. 2024 Jan 25; 25(1):58.

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Hoover Z, Lynn M, Zhaliazka K, Holman AP, Dou T, Kurouski D. Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Accelerate the Rate of Insulin Aggregation and Enhance Toxicity of Insulin Aggregates. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2024 01 03; 15(1):147-154.

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Choe K, Jindra MA, Hubbard SC, Pfleger BF, Sweedler JV. MALDI-MS screening of microbial colonies with isomer resolution to select fatty acid desaturase variants. Anal Biochem. 2023 07 01; 672:115169.

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Serrano E, Whitaker-Menezes D, Lin Z, Roche M, Martinez Cantarin MP. Uremic Myopathy and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Kidney Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 04; 23(21).

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Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholom?us A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Paenalcaligenes niemegkensis sp. nov., a novel species of the family Alcaligenaceae isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2022 Apr; 71(4).

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Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholom?us A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Nocardioides alcanivorans sp. nov., a novel hexadecane-degrading species isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2022 Apr; 72(4).

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Miller KD, Pniewski K, Perry CE, Papp SB, Shaffer JD, Velasco-Silva JN, Casciano JC, Aramburu TM, Srikanth YVV, Cassel J, Skordalakes E, Kossenkov AV, Salvino JM, Schug ZT. Targeting ACSS2 with a Transition-State Mimetic Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Growth. Cancer Res. 2021 03 01; 81(5):1252-1264.

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Zhao S, Jang C, Liu J, Uehara K, Gilbert M, Izzo L, Zeng X, Trefely S, Fernandez S, Carrer A, Miller KD, Schug ZT, Snyder NW, Gade TP, Titchenell PM, Rabinowitz JD, Wellen KE. Dietary fructose feeds hepatic lipogenesis via microbiota-derived acetate. Nature. 2020 03; 579(7800):586-591.

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Casciano JC, Perry C, Cohen-Nowak AJ, Miller KD, Vande Voorde J, Zhang Q, Chalmers S, Sandison ME, Liu Q, Hedley A, McBryan T, Tang HY, Gorman N, Beer T, Speicher DW, Adams PD, Liu X, Schlegel R, McCarron JG, Wakelam MJO, Gottlieb E, Kossenkov AV, Schug ZT. MYC regulates fatty acid metabolism through a multigenic program in claudin-low triple negative breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 2020 03; 122(6):868-884.

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