 Mifepristone
"Mifepristone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary CUSHING SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D015735
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.365.415.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Mifeprex- Mifeprex
- Danco Brand of Mifepristone
- Mifepristone Danco Brand
Mifegyne- Mifegyne
- Exelgyn Brand of Mifepristone
- Mifepristone Exelgyn Brand
- Mifégyne
- Contragest Brand of Mifepristone
- Mifepristone Contragest Brand
R-38486- R-38486
- R 38486
- RU-38486
- RU 38486
- RU38486
- RU-486
- RU 486
- RU486
- R38486
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mifepristone" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Golier JA, Li X, Bizien M, Hurley RA, Bechard BW, Kimbrell T, Flory JD, Baker DG, Yehuda R, Reda DJ. Efficacy and Safety of Mifepristone in the Treatment of Male US Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Phase 2a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 05 01; 6(5):e2310223.
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Stenhouse C, Halloran KM, Moses RM, Seo H, Gaddy D, Johnson GA, Wu G, Suva LJ, Bazer FW. Effects of progesterone and interferon tau on ovine endometrial phosphate, calcium, and vitamin D signaling?. Biol Reprod. 2022 05 17; 106(5):888-899.
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Geer EB, Shafiq I, Gordon MB, Bonert V, Ayala A, Swerdloff RS, Katznelson L, Lalazar Y, Manuylova E, Pulaski-Liebert KJ, Carmichael JD, Hannoush Z, Surampudi V, Broder MS, Cherepanov D, Eagan M, Lee J, Said Q, Neary MP, Biller BMK. BIOCHEMICAL CONTROL DURING LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 230 ADULT PATIENTS WITH CUSHING DISEASE: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Endocr Pract. 2017 Aug; 23(8):962-970.
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Pabona JM, Zhang D, Ginsburg DS, Simmen FA, Simmen RC. Prolonged pregnancy in women is associated with attenuated myometrial expression of progesterone receptor co-regulator Kr?ppel-like Factor 9. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jan; 100(1):166-74.
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