Prostaglandins
"Prostaglandins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of compounds derived from unsaturated 20-carbon fatty acids, primarily arachidonic acid, via the cyclooxygenase pathway. They are extremely potent mediators of a diverse group of physiological processes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011453
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.100.637 D10.251.355.255.550 D23.469.050.175.725
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prostaglandins" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Prostaglandins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostaglandins" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Soni NK, Ross AB, Scheers N, Savolainen OI, Nookaew I, Gabrielsson BG, Sandberg AS. Splenic Immune Response Is Down-Regulated in C57BL/6J Mice Fed Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Enriched High Fat Diet. Nutrients. 2017 Jan 10; 9(1).