"Methoxsalen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally occurring furocoumarin compound found in several species of plants, including Psoralea corylifolia. It is a photoactive substance that forms DNA ADDUCTS in the presence of ultraviolet A irradiation.
| Descriptor ID |
D008730
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.446.794.500 D03.633.100.150.446.794.500 D03.633.300.770.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Methoxsalen- Methoxsalen
- Xanthotoxin
- 8-Methoxypsoralen
- 8 Methoxypsoralen
- Ammoidin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methoxsalen" by people in Profiles.
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Extracorporeal photopheresis attenuates murine graft-versus-host disease via bone marrow-derived interleukin-10 and preserves responses to dendritic cell vaccination. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jun; 17(6):790-9.
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p53 and Fas ligand are required for psoralen and UVA-induced apoptosis in mouse epidermal cells. Cell Death Differ. 2002 May; 9(5):549-60.
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Photopheresis therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Oct; 35(4):573-9.
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Signature p53 mutation at DNA cross-linking sites in 8-methoxypsoralen and ultraviolet A (PUVA)-induced murine skin cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jul 23; 93(15):7961-5.
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Ambivalent response of lymphomatoid papulosis treated with 8-methoxypsoralen and UVA. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994 Jun; 30(6):1018-20.
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Use of in vivo and in vitro assays for the characterization of mammalian excision repair and isolation of repair proteins. Mutat Res. 1990 Sep-Nov; 236(2-3):223-38.