"Lanthanum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototypical element in the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol La, atomic number 57, and atomic weight 138.91. Lanthanide ion is used in experimental biology as a calcium antagonist; lanthanum oxide improves the optical properties of glass.
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D007811
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.558.362.500 D01.552.550.399.500
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lanthanum" by people in Profiles.
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A Randomized Trial on the Effect of Phosphate Reduction on Vascular End Points in CKD (IMPROVE-CKD). J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 11; 31(11):2653-2666.
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Benefits and harms of phosphate binders in CKD: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Oct; 54(4):619-37.
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A method for quantification of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues in thymidine kinase assays using lanthanum phosphate coprecipitation. Anal Biochem. 2007 Oct 01; 369(1):80-6.
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Accumulation of metals and minerals from phosphate binders. Blood Purif. 2005; 23 Suppl 1:2-11.
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Universal restriction site-free cloning method using chimeric primers. Biotechniques. 2002 Mar; 32(3):516, 518-20.
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Involvement of intermediary metabolites in the pathway of extracellular Ca2+-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in human fibroblasts. Cell Signal. 1999 Apr; 11(4):263-74.
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Calcium metabolism in cardiac microsomes incubated with lanthanum ion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1969 Apr 29; 35(2):258-64.