 Zinc
"Zinc" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metallic element of atomic number 30 and atomic weight 65.38. It is a necessary trace element in the diet, forming an essential part of many enzymes, and playing an important role in protein synthesis and in cell division. Zinc deficiency is associated with ANEMIA, short stature, HYPOGONADISM, impaired WOUND HEALING, and geophagia. It is known by the symbol Zn.
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D015032
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D01.268.556.940 D01.268.956.906 D01.552.544.940
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Zinc" by people in this website by year, and whether "Zinc" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1989 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 1990 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1993 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 1994 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 1995 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 1999 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2000 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2002 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2004 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2005 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2006 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2007 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2009 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2012 | 10 | 3 | 13 | | 2013 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2014 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2015 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zinc" by people in Profiles.
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Nolin E, Gans S, Llamas L, Bandyopadhyay S, Brittain SM, Bernasconi-Elias P, Carter KP, Loureiro JJ, Thomas JR, Schirle M, Yang Y, Guo N, Roma G, Schuierer S, Beibel M, Lindeman A, Sigoillot F, Chen A, Xie KX, Ho S, Reece-Hoyes J, Weihofen WA, Tyskiewicz K, Hoepfner D, McDonald RI, Guthrie N, Dogra A, Guo H, Shao J, Ding J, Canham SM, Boynton G, George EL, Kang ZB, Antczak C, Porter JA, Wallace O, Tallarico JA, Palmer AE, Jenkins JL, Jain RK, Bushell SM, Fryer CJ. Discovery of a ZIP7 inhibitor from a Notch pathway screen. Nat Chem Biol. 2019 02; 15(2):179-188.
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Hinnouho GM, Bernstein RM, Barffour MA, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Ratsavong K, Bounheuang B, Kounnavong S, Hess SY. Impact of Two Forms of Daily Preventive Zinc or Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation for Diarrhea on Hair Cortisol Concentrations Among Rural Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2018 Dec 27; 11(1).
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Li H, Zhang J, Niswander L. Zinc deficiency causes neural tube defects through attenuation of p53 ubiquitylation. Development. 2018 12 13; 145(24).
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Nandi SK, Chakraborty A, Panda AK, Kar RK, Bhunia A, Biswas A. Evidences for zinc (II) and copper (II) ion interactions with Mycobacterium leprae HSP18: Effect on its structure and chaperone function. J Inorg Biochem. 2018 11; 188:62-75.
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Choi S, Hu YM, Corkins ME, Palmer AE, Bird AJ. Zinc transporters belonging to the Cation Diffusion Facilitator (CDF) family have complementary roles in transporting zinc out of the cytosol. PLoS Genet. 2018 03; 14(3):e1007262.
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Ariff S, Krebs NF, Westcott JE, Hambidge M, Miller LV, Rizvi A, Soofi SB, Bhutta ZA. Exchangeable Zinc Pool Size at Birth in Pakistani Small for Gestational Age and Appropriate for Gestational Age Infants Do Not Differ But Are Lower Than in US Infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 03; 66(3):496-500.
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Islam MM, McDonald CM, Krebs NF, Westcott J, Rahman AE, El Arifeen S, Ahmed T, King JC, Black RE. Study Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blind, Community-Based Efficacy Trial of Various Doses of Zinc in Micronutrient Powders or Tablets in Young Bangladeshi Children. Nutrients. 2018 Jan 26; 10(2).
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Christenson ET, Gallegos AS, Banerjee A. In vitro reconstitution, functional dissection, and mutational analysis of metal ion transport by mitoferrin-1. J Biol Chem. 2018 03 09; 293(10):3819-3828.
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Kuatsjah E, Chan ACK, Kobylarz MJ, Murphy MEP, Eltis LD. The bacterial meta-cleavage hydrolase LigY belongs to the amidohydrolase superfamily, not to the a/ß-hydrolase superfamily. J Biol Chem. 2017 11 03; 292(44):18290-18302.
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Carter KP, Carpenter MC, Fiedler B, Jimenez R, Palmer AE. Critical Comparison of FRET-Sensor Functionality in the Cytosol and Endoplasmic Reticulum and Implications for Quantification of Ions. Anal Chem. 2017 09 05; 89(17):9601-9608.
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