"Peptidoglycan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.
| Descriptor ID |
D010457
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.400.420.700 D09.698.718.594 D12.644.233.594 D12.776.395.560.800 D23.050.161.616.594
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peptidoglycan" by people in Profiles.
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Chen S, Putnik R, Li X, Diwaker A, Vasconcelos M, Liu S, Gondi S, Zhou J, Guo L, Xu L, Temme S, Bersch K, Hyland S, Yin J, Burstein E, Bahnson BJ, Gildersleeve JC, Grimes CL, Reinecker HC. PGLYRP1-mediated intracellular peptidoglycan detection promotes intestinal?mucosal protection. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 21; 16(1):1864.
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Schafer JJ, McRae J, Prioli KM, Harris LF, McCoy M, Cannon-Dang E, Pizzi LT. Exploring beliefs about pneumococcal vaccination in a predominantly older African American population: the Pharmacists' Pneumonia Prevention Program (PPPP). Ethn Health. 2021 04; 26(3):364-378.
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Humann J, Mann B, Gao G, Moresco P, Ramahi J, Loh LN, Farr A, Hu Y, Durick-Eder K, Fillon SA, Smeyne RJ, Tuomanen EI. Bacterial Peptidoglycan Traverses the Placenta to Induce Fetal Neuroproliferation and Aberrant Postnatal Behavior Cell Host Microbe. 2016 03 09; 19(3):388-99.
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Janoff A, Blondin J. The effect of human granulocyte elastase on bacterial suspensions. Lab Invest. 1973 Oct; 29(4):454-7.