"Desmosine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare amino acid found in elastin, formed by condensation of four molecules of lysine into a pyridinium ring.
| Descriptor ID |
D003895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.762.300 D12.125.072.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Desmosine- Desmosine
- 4-(4-Amino-4-Carboxybutyl)-1-(5-Amino-5-Carboxypentyl)-3,5-bis(3-Amino-3-Carboxypropyl)pyridinium
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmosine" by people in Profiles.
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Desmosine and Isodesmosine as a Novel Biomarker for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pilot Study. Am J Ther. 2017 Jul/Aug; 24(4):e399-e404.
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Biochemical and ultrastructural demonstration of elastin accumulation in the skin lesions of the Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome. J Invest Dermatol. 1981 Apr; 76(4):284-7.