"Arachidonic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An unsaturated, essential fatty acid. It is found in animal and human fat as well as in the liver, brain, and glandular organs, and is a constituent of animal phosphatides. It is formed by the synthesis from dietary linoleic acid and is a precursor in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes.
| Descriptor ID |
D016718
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.100.100 D10.251.355.310.166.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Arachidonic Acid- Arachidonic Acid
- Vitamin F
- (all-Z)-5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Arachidonic Acid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Arachidonic Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arachidonic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Essential fatty acid deficiency in children treated with long-term 100% fish-oil lipid injectable emulsion: A longitudinal descriptive cohort study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2025 Aug; 49(6):732-740.
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Tumor-derived arachidonic acid reprograms neutrophils to promote immune suppression and therapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer. Immunity. 2025 Apr 08; 58(4):909-925.e7.
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APOE4 and age affect the brain entorhinal cortex structure and blood arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid levels after mild TBI. Sci Rep. 2024 11 25; 14(1):29150.
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Evidence on docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid supplementation for preterm infants. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2024 05 01; 27(3):283-289.
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Fatty acid concentrations in preterm infants fed the exclusive human milk diet: a prospective cohort study. J Perinatol. 2024 May; 44(5):680-686.
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Arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and brain maturation in preterm infants; a double blind RCT. Clin Nutr. 2024 01; 43(1):176-186.
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Phospholipid metabolic adaptation promotes survival of IDH2 mutant acute myeloid leukemia cells. Cancer Sci. 2024 Jan; 115(1):197-210.
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CES1 Releases Oxylipins from Oxidized Triacylglycerol (oxTAG) and Regulates Macrophage oxTAG/TAG Accumulation and PGE2/IL-1? Production. ACS Chem Biol. 2023 07 21; 18(7):1564-1581.
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Short-Term Cessation of Dabigatran Causes a Paradoxical Prothrombotic State. Ann Neurol. 2021 03; 89(3):444-458.
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Leukotrienes, a potential target for Covid-19. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2020 10; 161:102174.