"Eicosanoids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of compounds named after and generally derived from C20 fatty acids (EICOSANOIC ACIDS) that includes PROSTAGLANDINS; LEUKOTRIENES; THROMBOXANES, and HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACIDS. They have hormone-like effects mediated by specialized receptors (RECEPTORS, EICOSANOID).
| Descriptor ID |
D015777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255 D23.469.050.175
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eicosanoids" by people in Profiles.
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Lung cancer chemoprevention: moving from concept to a reality. Lung Cancer. 2003 Aug; 41 Suppl 1:S163-74.
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Five-lipoxygenase inhibitors can mediate apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines through complex eicosanoid interactions. FASEB J. 2001 Sep; 15(11):2007-9.