"Calcitonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A peptide hormone that lowers calcium concentration in the blood. In humans, it is released by thyroid cells and acts to decrease the formation and absorptive activity of osteoclasts. Its role in regulating plasma calcium is much greater in children and in certain diseases than in normal adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D002116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.150 D12.644.400.095 D12.644.548.150 D12.776.631.650.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcitonin- Calcitonin
- Calcitrin
- Thyrocalcitonin
- Calcitonin(1-32)
Pro-Calcitonin- Pro-Calcitonin
- Pro Calcitonin
- Calcitonin-1
- Calcitonin 1
- Calcitonin Related Polypeptide Alpha
- Calcitonin Precursor Polyprotein
- Procalcitonin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcitonin" by people in Profiles.
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Paracrine signalling by cardiac calcitonin controls atrial fibrogenesis and arrhythmia. Nature. 2020 11; 587(7834):460-465.
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Procalcitonin in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: Is It Ready for Primetime Use? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 12; 14(12):1757-1758.
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Evaluation of fever in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov; 35(11):1755-1758.
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The utility of proadrenomedullin and procalcitonin in comparison to C-reactive protein as predictors of sepsis and bloodstream infections in critically ill patients with cancer*. Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec; 42(12):2500-7.
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Deletion of the gene encoding calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide a does not affect the outcome of severe infection in mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2013 Jul; 49(1):151-5.
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Tumor marker and measurement fluctuations may not reflect treatment efficacy in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma on long-term RET inhibitor therapy. Ann Oncol. 2013 Sep; 24(9):2256-61.
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Pro-adrenomedullin as a novel biomarker for predicting infections and response to antimicrobials in febrile patients with hematologic malignancies. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Apr; 56(7):943-50.
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Ultrasonography should not guide the timing of thyroidectomy in pediatric patients diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome 2A through genetic screening. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Jan; 20(1):53-9.
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Can procalcitonin distinguish infectious fever from tumor-related fever in non-neutropenic cancer patients? Cancer. 2012 Dec 01; 118(23):5823-9.
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Vandetanib for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic hereditary medullary thyroid cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Feb 10; 28(5):767-72.