Coproporphyrins
"Coproporphyrins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Porphyrins with four methyl and four propionic acid side chains attached to the pyrrole rings. Elevated levels of Coproporphyrin III in the urine and feces are major findings in patients with HEREDITARY COPROPORPHYRIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D003306
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.578.840.500.250 D03.633.400.909.500.250 D04.345.783.500.250 D23.767.727.250
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Coproporphyrins" by people in Profiles.
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Cooper CL, Stob CM, Jones MA, Lash TD. Metabolism of pentacarboxylate porphyrinogens by highly purified human coproporphyrinogen oxidase: further evidence for the existence of an abnormal pathway for heme biosynthesis. Bioorg Med Chem. 2005 Nov 15; 13(22):6244-51.
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Nuttall KL, Pingree SS, Ashwood ER. Reference intervals for 24-hour and random urine porphyrins. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1996 Jul-Aug; 26(4):313-22.
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Poh-Fitzpatrick MB, Zaider E, Sciales C, Sokol RJ, Tobin CE, Knobler E, Sadick NS, Silverberg M, Levy J. Cutaneous photosensitivity and coproporphyrin abnormalities in the Alagille syndrome. Gastroenterology. 1990 Sep; 99(3):831-5.