"Folic Acid Antagonists" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inhibitors of the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase (TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE), which converts dihydrofolate (FH2) to tetrahydrofolate (FH4). They are frequently used in cancer chemotherapy. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p2033)
| Descriptor ID |
D005493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.389.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Folic Acid Antagonists- Folic Acid Antagonists
- Acid Antagonists, Folic
- Antagonists, Folic Acid
- Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors
- Inhibitors, Dihydrofolate Reductase
- Reductase Inhibitors, Dihydrofolate
- Antifolates
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Folic Acid Antagonists" by people in Profiles.
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Methotrexate-based PROTACs as DHFR-specific chemical probes. Cell Chem Biol. 2024 Feb 15; 31(2):221-233.e14.
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MTAP deficiency creates an exploitable target for antifolate therapy in 9p21-loss cancers. Nat Commun. 2022 04 04; 13(1):1797.
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Synthesis and Analysis of Bacterial Folate Metabolism Intermediates and Antifolates. Org Lett. 2017 10 06; 19(19):5220-5223.
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Methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jun 10; (6):CD000957.
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Pemetrexed use in the adjuvant setting for completely resectable non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer. 2013 Nov; 14(6):601-8.
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Folic acid supplementation for rheumatoid arthritis patients on methotrexate: the good gets better. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 22; (7):ED000063.
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Does global hypomethylation contribute to susceptibility to neural tube defects? Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May; 91(5):1153-4.
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Phase II trial of pemetrexed and gemcitabine in chemotherapy-naive malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Mar 20; 26(9):1465-71.
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Folate pathway genetic polymorphisms are related to attention disorders in childhood leukemia survivors. J Pediatr. 2008 Jan; 152(1):101-5.
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Searching for the Achilles' heel of melanoma cells: new treatment modalities. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2008 Oct; 21(5):505-6.