"Lipidoses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Conditions characterized by abnormal lipid deposition due to disturbance in lipid metabolism, such as hereditary diseases involving lysosomal enzymes required for lipid breakdown. They are classified either by the enzyme defect or by the type of lipid involved.
| Descriptor ID |
D008064
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.320.565.398.641 C18.452.584.687 C18.452.648.398.641
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lipidoses" by people in Profiles.
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Discovery of piragliatin--first glucokinase activator studied in type 2 diabetic patients. J Med Chem. 2012 Aug 23; 55(16):7021-36.
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Spontaneous, generalized lipidosis in captive greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci. 2005 Nov; 44(6):49-52.
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Corneal lipidosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol. 1995 Jan; 119(1):14-9.
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Tay-Sachs' and Sandhoff's diseases: the assignment of genes for hexosaminidase A and B to individual human chromosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 Jan; 72(1):263-7.