"Lipotropic Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Endogenous factors or drugs that increase the transport and metabolism of LIPIDS including the synthesis of LIPOPROTEINS by the LIVER and their uptake by extrahepatic tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D008082
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.186.071.601 D27.505.954.483.680 D27.505.954.557.500.601
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lipotropic Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Fibroblast growth factor 21 and thyroid hormone show mutual regulatory dependency but have independent actions in vivo. Endocrinology. 2014 May; 155(5):2031-40.
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Double-blind therapeutic trial in Angelman syndrome using betaine and folic acid. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Aug; 152A(8):1994-2001.
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Choline and risk of neural tube defects in a folate-fortified population. Epidemiology. 2009 Sep; 20(5):714-9.
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Mouse muscle denervation increases expression of an alpha7 nicotinic receptor with unusual pharmacology. J Physiol. 2003 Feb 15; 547(Pt 1):169-79.
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[Therapy of alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver]. Internist (Berl). 2001 Dec; 42(12):1641-2, 1645-50.