Iduronic Acid

"Iduronic Acid" 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.

MeSH information

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Component of dermatan sulfate. Differs in configuration from glucuronic acid only at the C-5 position.

Descriptor ID

D007067

MeSH Number(s)

D02.241.081.844.915.400.500

D02.241.152.811.400.500

D02.241.511.902.915.400.500

D09.811.922.400.500

Concept/Terms

Iduronic Acid

Iduronate

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Iduronic Acid".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Carboxylic Acids [D02.241]
Acids, Acyclic [D02.241.081]
Sugar Acids [D02.241.081.844]
Uronic Acids [D02.241.081.844.915]
Hexuronic Acids [D02.241.081.844.915.400]
Iduronic Acid [D02.241.081.844.915.400.500]
Acids, Aldehydic [D02.241.152]
Uronic Acids [D02.241.152.811]
Hexuronic Acids [D02.241.152.811.400]
Iduronic Acid [D02.241.152.811.400.500]
Hydroxy Acids [D02.241.511]
Sugar Acids [D02.241.511.902]
Uronic Acids [D02.241.511.902.915]
Hexuronic Acids [D02.241.511.902.915.400]
Iduronic Acid [D02.241.511.902.915.400.500]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Sugar Acids [D09.811]
Uronic Acids [D09.811.922]
Hexuronic Acids [D09.811.922.400]
Iduronic Acid [D09.811.922.400.500]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Iduronic Acid" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Iduronic Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 2 publications over 2 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1997 and 1999

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Iduronic Acid" by people in Profiles.

Dermatan sulfate is involved in the tumorigenic properties of esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2012 Apr 15; 72(8):1943-52.

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Significance of the 2-O-sulfo group of L-iduronic acid residues in heparin on the growth inhibition of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Carbohydr Res. 2008 Sep 22; 343(14):2406-10.

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Structural specificity of heparin binding in the fibroblast growth factor family of proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 04; 100(5):2357-62.

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Molecular cloning and characterization of a human uronyl 2-sulfotransferase that sulfates iduronyl and glucuronyl residues in dermatan/chondroitin sulfate. J Biol Chem. 1999 Apr 09; 274(15):10474-80.

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Immortalized, cloned mouse chondrocytic cells (MC615) produce three different matrix proteoglycans with core-protein-specific chondroitin/dermatan sulphate structures. Biochem J. 1997 Nov 01; 327 ( Pt 3):831-9.

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Inseparable iduronic acid-containing proteoglycan PG(IdoA) preparations of human skin and post-burn scar tissues: evidence for elevated levels of PG(IdoA)-I in hypertrophic scar by N-terminal sequencing. Carbohydr Res. 1996 Apr 30; 284(2):223-8.

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Iduronic acid-rich proteoglycans (PGIdoA) and human post-burn scar maturation: isolation and characterization. Carbohydr Res. 1995 Feb 01; 267(1):105-13.

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Effects of sulfate deprivation on the production of chondroitin/dermatan sulfate by cultures of skin fibroblasts from normal and diabetic individuals. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1991 Feb 15; 285(1):137-41.

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Purification and characterization of iduronic acid-rich and glucuronic acid-rich proteoglycans implicated in human post-burn keloid scar. Carbohydr Res. 1990 Oct 25; 207(2):295-305.

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