 Calcitonin
"Calcitonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A peptide hormone that lowers calcium concentration in the blood. In humans, it is released by thyroid cells and acts to decrease the formation and absorptive activity of osteoclasts. Its role in regulating plasma calcium is much greater in children and in certain diseases than in normal adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D002116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.150 D12.644.400.095 D12.644.548.150 D12.776.631.650.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcitonin- Calcitonin
- Calcitrin
- Thyrocalcitonin
- Calcitonin(1-32)
Pro-Calcitonin- Pro-Calcitonin
- Pro Calcitonin
- Calcitonin-1
- Calcitonin 1
- Calcitonin Related Polypeptide Alpha
- Calcitonin Precursor Polyprotein
- Procalcitonin
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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcitonin" by people in Profiles.
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Florin TA, Ambroggio L, Brokamp C, Zhang Y, Rattan M, Crotty E, Belsky MA, Krueger S, Epperson TN, Kachelmeyer A, Ruddy R, Shah SS. Biomarkers and Disease Severity in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2020 06; 145(6).
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Pozdeyev N, Erickson TA, Zhang L, Ellison K, Rivard CJ, Sams S, Hirsch FR, Haugen BR, French JD. Comprehensive Immune Profiling of Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 2020 09; 30(9):1263-1279.
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Ferraro K, Sanchez-Reilly S. Palliative Volume Resuscitation in a Patient with Cancer and Hypercalcemia: Why Bother? J Palliat Med. 2020 06; 23(6):871-873.
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Chu DC, Mehta AB, Walkey AJ. Practice Patterns and Outcomes Associated With Procalcitonin Use in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 01; 64(11):1509-1515.
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Chen KF, Liu SH, Li CH, Wu CC, Chaou CH, Tzeng IS, Hsieh YH, Blaney GN, Liu ZY, Han ST, Chan YL. Development and validation of a parsimonious and pragmatic CHARM score to predict mortality in patients with suspected sepsis. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Apr; 35(4):640-646.
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Shah NN, Watson TM, Yates B, Liewehr DJ, Steinberg SM, Jacobsohn D, Fry TJ. Procalcitonin and cytokine profiles in engraftment syndrome in pediatric stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 03; 64(3).
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Morabito C, D'Alimonte I, Pierdomenico L, Pipino C, Guarnieri S, Caprara GA, Antonucci I, Ciccarelli R, Marchisio M, Pandolfi A, Mariggi? MA. Calcitonin-induced effects on amniotic fluid-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2015; 36(1):259-73.
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Dominguez SR, Martin B, Heizer H, Jone PN, Tong S, Davidson J, Anderson MS, Glod? MP. Procalcitonin (PCT) and Kawasaki Disease: Does PCT Correlate With IVIG-Resistant Disease, Admission to the Intensive Care Unit, or Development of Coronary Artery Lesions? J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Sep; 5(3):297-302.
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Gaensbauer JT, Press CA, Hollister JR, Asturias EJ. Procalcitonin: a marker of infection not subverted by treatment with interleukin-6 receptor inhibition. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Sep; 32(9):1040.
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Davidson J, Tong S, Hauck A, Lawson DS, da Cruz E, Kaufman J. Kinetics of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein and the relationship to postoperative infection in young infants undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Pediatr Res. 2013 Oct; 74(4):413-9.
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