"Creatine" 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.
An amino acid that occurs in vertebrate tissues and in urine. In muscle tissue, creatine generally occurs as phosphocreatine. Creatine is excreted as CREATININE in the urine.
| Descriptor ID |
D003401
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.078.370.280 D12.125.373
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Creatine" by people in Profiles.
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Longitudinal Characterization of Males With X-Linked Creatine Transporter Deficiency: Final Results of a Multiyear Observational Study. Pediatr Neurol. 2026 Feb; 175:8-18.
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ADRA1A-Gaq signalling potentiates adipocyte thermogenesis through CKB and TNAP. Nat Metab. 2022 11; 4(11):1459-1473.
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes by Determining Creatine and Guanidinoacetate in Plasma and Urine. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2546:129-140.
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Person Ability Scores as an Alternative to Norm-Referenced Scores as Outcome Measures in Studies of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2020 11 01; 125(6):475-480.
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Guanidinoacetic acid supplementation improves feed conversion in broilers subjected to heat stress associated with muscle creatine loading and arginine sparing. Poult Sci. 2020 Sep; 99(9):4442-4453.
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Supplementation with Qter? and Creatine improves functional performance in COPD patients on long term oxygen therapy. Respir Med. 2018 09; 142:86-93.
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Reduced occipital GABA in Parkinson disease with visual hallucinations. Neurology. 2018 08 14; 91(7):e675-e685.
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Creatine enhances the duration of sperm capacitation: a novel factor for improving in vitro fertilization with small numbers of sperm. Hum Reprod. 2018 06 01; 33(6):1117-1129.
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Impact of childhood emotional abuse on neocortical neurometabolites and complex emotional processing in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. J Affect Disord. 2016 Jan 15; 190:414-423.
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Performance-Enhancing Substances. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2015 Apr; 26(1):174-88.