"Taurine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A conditionally essential nutrient, important during mammalian development. It is present in milk but is isolated mostly from ox bile and strongly conjugates bile acids.
| Descriptor ID |
D013654
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.100.850 D02.886.645.600.055.850
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Taurine" by people in Profiles.
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Waluk DP, Vielfort K, Derakhshan S, Aro H, Hunt MC. N-Acyl taurines trigger insulin secretion by increasing calcium flux in pancreatic ?-cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Jan 04; 430(1):54-9.
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Chatzakos V, Sl?tis K, Djureinovic T, Helleday T, Hunt MC. N-acyl taurines are anti-proliferative in prostate cancer cells. Lipids. 2012 Apr; 47(4):355-61.
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Plant GT, Sergott RC. Understanding and interpreting vision safety issues with vigabatrin therapy. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 2011; (192):57-71.
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Yablonsky-Alter E, Agovic MS, Gashi E, Lidsky TI, Friedman E, Banerjee SP. Cocaine challenge enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine in the striatum of chronic cocaine treated rats: a microdialysis study. Brain Res Bull. 2009 May 29; 79(3-4):215-8.
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Gong L, Greenberg HE, Perhach JL, Waldman SA, Kraft WK. The pharmacokinetics of taurolidine metabolites in healthy volunteers. J Clin Pharmacol. 2007 Jun; 47(6):697-703.
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Reilly SJ, O'Shea EM, Andersson U, O'Byrne J, Alexson SE, Hunt MC. A peroxisomal acyltransferase in mouse identifies a novel pathway for taurine conjugation of fatty acids. FASEB J. 2007 Jan; 21(1):99-107.
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Greenberg SM, Rosand J, Schneider AT, Creed Pettigrew L, Gandy SE, Rovner B, Fitzsimmons BF, Smith EE, Edip Gurol M, Schwab K, Laurin J, Garceau D. A phase 2 study of tramiprosate for cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2006 Oct-Dec; 20(4):269-74.
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O'Byrne J, Hunt MC, Rai DK, Saeki M, Alexson SE. The human bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase functions in the conjugation of fatty acids to glycine. J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 05; 278(36):34237-44.
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Korang K, Milakofsky L, Hare TA, Hofford JM, Vogel WH. Levels of taurine, amino acids and related compounds in plasma, vena cava, aorta and heart of rats after taurine administration. Pharmacology. 1996 Apr; 52(4):263-70.
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Korang K, Milakofsky L, Hare TA, Hofford JM, Vogel WH. Taurine administration raises plasma taurine levels and affects certain plasma amino acids and related compounds in rats. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1996; 403:51-3.