"Furocoumarins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic compounds consisting of a furan ring fused with coumarin. They commonly occur in PLANTS, especially UMBELLIFERAE and RUTACEAE, as well as PSORALEA.
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D011564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.446.794 D03.633.100.150.446.794 D03.633.300.770
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Furocoumarins" by people in Profiles.
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Angelicin inhibits human lung carcinoma A549 cell growth and migration through regulating JNK and ERK pathways. Oncol Rep. 2016 Dec; 36(6):3504-3512.
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Repair of psoralen interstrand cross-links in Xenopus laevis egg extracts is highly mutagenic. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Oct 14; 336(1):69-75.
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Kv1.3-blocking 5-phenylalkoxypsoralens: a new class of immunomodulators. Mol Pharmacol. 2004 Jun; 65(6):1364-74.
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Platelet anti-aggregatory effects of coumarins from the roots of Angelica genuflexa and A. gigas. Arch Pharm Res. 2003 Sep; 26(9):723-6.
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Psoralen photo-cross-linking by triplex-forming oligonucleotides at multiple sites in the human rhodopsin gene. Biochemistry. 1999 Sep 28; 38(39):12850-9.
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The inhibition of antigen-presenting activity of dendritic cells resulting from UV irradiation of murine skin is restored by in vitro photorepair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 May 13; 94(10):5255-60.
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Activation of keratinocytes with psoralen plus UVA radiation induces the release of soluble factors that suppress delayed and contact hypersensitivity. J Invest Dermatol. 1991 Dec; 97(6):995-1000.
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Systemic immunosuppression of cell-mediated immune reactions by a monofunctional psoralen plus ultraviolet A radiation. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 1991 Jun; 8(3):116-22.
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Local suppression of contact hypersensitivity in mice by a monofunctional psoralen plus UVA radiation. Photochem Photobiol. 1989 Aug; 50(2):217-20.
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The use of psoralen-modified DNA to probe the mechanism of enhancer action. Cell. 1986 May 23; 45(4):567-74.