"Mevalonic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dihydroxy monocarboxylic acid and precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway, which produces terpenes and steroids that are vital for diverse cellular functions.
| Descriptor ID |
D008798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.511.579
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mevalonic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Sodium phenylbutyrate controls neuroinflammatory and antioxidant activities and protects dopaminergic neurons in mouse models of Parkinson's disease. PLoS One. 2012; 7(6):e38113.
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Sodium benzoate, a metabolite of cinnamon and a food additive, upregulates neuroprotective Parkinson disease protein DJ-1 in astrocytes and neurons. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2012 Jun; 7(2):424-35.
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Sodium benzoate, a metabolite of cinnamon and a food additive, reduces microglial and astroglial inflammatory responses. J Immunol. 2009 Nov 01; 183(9):5917-27.
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Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene in glial cells. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2006 May-Jun; 8(5-6):929-47.
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Lovastatin and sodium phenylacetate normalize the levels of very long chain fatty acids in skin fibroblasts of X- adrenoleukodystrophy. FEBS Lett. 1998 Apr 24; 426(3):342-6.
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Lovastatin and phenylacetate inhibit the induction of nitric oxide synthase and cytokines in rat primary astrocytes, microglia, and macrophages. J Clin Invest. 1997 Dec 01; 100(11):2671-9.