 Fatty Acids
"Fatty Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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D005227
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2003 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2005 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2006 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2007 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2012 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2013 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2014 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2015 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2016 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2018 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2019 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2021 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2022 | 7 | 12 | 19 | | 2023 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2025 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids" by people in Profiles.
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Heerspink HJL, van Raalte DH, Bjornstad P, Bunck MC, Wu P, Tunali I, Milicevic Z, Koeneman L. Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of the TRANSCEND-CKD trial of retatrutide in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 May 29; 41(6):1058-1068.
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Selby M, Duchamp C, Burchat N, Sharma P, Wu G, Pantula LG, Desai A, Miyazaki M, Sampath H. Intestinal stearoyl-CoA desaturase-2 is highly expressed and nutritionally regulated but dispensable for energy balance. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2026 Apr; 1871(3):159735.
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O'Brien KA, Toledo-Jaldin L, Gu W, Houck JA, Lazo-Vega L, Miranda-Garrido V, Yung HW, Yasini H, Moore LG, Reisz JA, Simonson TS, Shortt J, Stalker M, D'Alessandro A, Julian CG. Dysregulated Fatty Acid Metabolism in Preeclampsia Among Highland Andeans: Insights Into Adaptive and Maladaptive Placental Metabolic Phenotypes. FASEB J. 2025 Nov 30; 39(22):e71254.
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Solo KJ, Zhang Y, Bharathi SS, Zhang BB, Richert AC, Schmidt AV, Van't Land C, D'Annibale O, Wood TC, Goetzman ES. Oral octanoylcarnitine alleviates exercise intolerance in mouse models of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders. JCI Insight. 2025 Nov 24; 10(22).
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Myerson M, Warden BA, Saseen JJ, Paparodis R. Challenges in the Choice of Nonstatin Medications for Low-Density Lipoprotein-C Lowering for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 21; 14(20):e044134.
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Nicholls SJ, Nelson AJ, Ray KK, Ballantyne CM, Ditmarsch M, Kling D, Hsieh A, Szarek M, Kastelein JJ, Davidson MH. Impact of Obicetrapib on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients: A Pooled Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Oct 07; 86(14):1046-1056.
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Wang C, Fang L, Shi M, Niu X, Li T, Li X, Cho K, He Y, Liu S, Lu A, Xing X, Lukowski J, Goo YA, Speakman JR, Chen D, O'Keefe RJ, Patti GJ, Zuscik MJ, Zhang B, Shen J. NFIA regulates articular chondrocyte fatty acid metabolism and joint homeostasis. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Jul 30; 17(809):eadm9488.
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Vanauberg D, Schulz C, Raab S, Fuentes-GarcÍa G, Cadart E, Lemaire Q, Olivier-Van Stichelen S, Bray F, Brysbaert G, Rossez Y, Hardivillé S, Lefebvre T. O-GlcNAcylation of fatty acid synthase is required for its proper subcellular localization, expression level, and activity. J Biol Chem. 2025 08; 301(8):110497.
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Kumar M, Wu Y, Knapp J, Pontius CL, Park D, Witte RE, McAllister R, Gupta K, Rajagopalan KN, De Camilli P, Ryan TA. Triglycerides are an important fuel reserve for synapse function in the brain. Nat Metab. 2025 Jul; 7(7):1392-1403.
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Edwards DN, Wang S, Kane K, Song W, Kim LC, Ngwa VM, Hwang Y, Ess K, Boothby MR, Chen J. Increased fatty acid delivery by tumor endothelium promotes metastatic outgrowth. JCI Insight. 2025 May 08; 10(9).
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