"Urea" 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.
A compound formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids. It is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids.
| Descriptor ID |
D014508
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.948
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urea" by people in Profiles.
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Heterogeneous Folding Intermediates Govern the Conformational Pathway of the RNA Recognition Motif Domain of the Ewing Sarcoma Protein. Biomolecules. 2025 Dec 24; 16(1).
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Adequacy Measurement for the 21st Century: Revisiting Kt/Vurea. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2025 09; 32(5):411-421.
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Design and Synthesis of Potent and Selective Urea-linked Benzenesulfonamide Analogs as Carbonic Anhydrase II Inhibitors. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2025 Oct 01; 213:107233.
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Evaluation of Alpha-Synuclein and Tau Antiaggregation Activity of Urea and Thiourea-Based Small Molecules for Neurodegenerative Disease Therapeutics. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2024 11 06; 15(21):3915-3931.
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Impact of supplementation with L-citrulline/arginine after liver transplantation in individuals with Urea Cycle Disorders. Mol Genet Metab. 2024 03; 141(3):108112.
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Eradicating Helicobacter pylori via 13C-urea breath screening to prevent gastric cancer in indigenous communities: a population-based study and development of a family index-case method. Gut. 2023 11 24; 72(12):2231-2240.
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Pimavanserin reverses multiple measures of anxiety in a rodent model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Eur J Pharmacol. 2023 Jan 15; 939:175437.
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Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia: A Review. JAMA. 2022 07 19; 328(3):280-291.
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Urease Levels and Gastritis Stage in Dyspeptic Patients. Acta Med Indones. 2022 Jan; 54(1):42-51.
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Perceptions and use of phenylbutyrate metabolite testing in urea cycle disorders: Results of a clinician survey and analysis of a centralized testing database. Mol Genet Metab. 2022 01; 135(1):35-41.