"Fatty Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D005227
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fatty Acids" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fatty Acids" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids" by people in Profiles.
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High-fat diet causes rapid loss of intestinal group 3 innate lymphoid cells through microbiota-driven inflammation and mitochondrial stress. Immunity. 2026 Apr 14; 59(4):988-1005.e9.
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Family single-cell atlases reveal pig pregnancy and fetal growth restriction critical cell types. Science. 2026 Mar 26; 391(6792):eadu7265.
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YAP Induces a Prorenewal Metabolic State in Cardiomyocytes. Circulation. 2026 Apr 28; 153(17):1296-1313.
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Circulating saturated fatty acids and incident chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis of de-novo prospective cohort investigations. Am J Clin Nutr. 2026 Apr; 123(4):101138.
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Impact of Obicetrapib on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients: A Pooled Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Oct 07; 86(14):1046-1056.
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Muscle Rev-erb controls time-dependent adaptations to chronic exercise in mice. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 01; 16(1):5708.
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SLC44A2 negatively regulates mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation to suppress colorectal progression by blocking the MUL1-CPT2 interaction. Cell Death Dis. 2025 Jul 01; 16(1):468.
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The microbiome diversifies long- to short-chain fatty acid-derived N-acyl lipids. Cell. 2025 Jul 24; 188(15):4154-4169.e19.
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Computational modeling of cancer cell metabolism along the catabolic-anabolic axes. NPJ Syst Biol Appl. 2025 May 10; 11(1):46.
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Increased fatty acid delivery by tumor endothelium promotes metastatic outgrowth. JCI Insight. 2025 May 08; 10(9).