"Prealbumin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tetrameric protein, molecular weight between 50,000 and 70,000, consisting of 4 equal chains, and migrating on electrophoresis in 3 fractions more mobile than serum albumin. Its concentration ranges from 7 to 33 per cent in the serum, but levels decrease in liver disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D011228
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.034.841.450 D12.776.124.727.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prealbumin" by people in Profiles.
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Putative interactions between transthyretin and endosulfan II and its relevance in breast cancer. Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Apr 30; 235:123670.
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False-positive bone scintigraphy denoting transthyretin amyloid in elderly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Aug; 8(4):3387-3391.
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Identification of autoantibodies against transthyretin for the screening and diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(4):e93905.