"Heparin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
| Descriptor ID |
D006493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.373.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Heparin- Heparin
- Unfractionated Heparin
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Heparinic Acid
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heparin" by people in Profiles.
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A comparison of low and standard anti-coagulation regimens in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 04; 38(4):433-439.
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Podocyte injury-driven intracapillary plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 accelerates podocyte loss via uPAR-mediated ?1-integrin endocytosis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2015 Mar 15; 308(6):F614-26.
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Incidence and predictors of definite stent thrombosis after coronary stent implantation. Chin Med J (Engl). 2012 May; 125(9):1547-51.
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TSG-6 protein, a negative regulator of inflammatory arthritis, forms a ternary complex with murine mast cell tryptases and heparin. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jul 01; 286(26):23559-69.
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Pharmacological deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis does not lead to hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage with intraventricular extension. Stroke. 2011 Mar; 42(3):705-9.
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An endovascular canine middle cerebral artery occlusion model for the study of leptomeningeal collateral recruitment. Invest Radiol. 2011 Jan; 46(1):34-40.
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Intraarticular injection of heparin-binding insulin-like growth factor 1 sustains delivery of insulin-like growth factor 1 to cartilage through binding to chondroitin sulfate. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Dec; 62(12):3686-94.
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Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12; 169(18):1705-11.
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Prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008 Oct; 75(5):449-53.
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Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the hospitalized medical patient. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Apr; 75 Suppl 3:S7-16.