Penicillamine

"Penicillamine" 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.

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3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.


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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillamine" by people in Profiles.
  1. mtDNA depletion-like syndrome in Wilson disease. Liver Int. 2020 11; 40(11):2776-2787.
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  2. Switching Pharmacological Treatment in Wilson Disease: Case Report and Recommendations. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec; 8:2324709619896876.
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  3. Epigenetic changes of the thioredoxin system in the tx-j mouse model and in patients with Wilson disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 11 15; 27(22):3854-3869.
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  4. Exome sequencing of an adolescent with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease identifies a clinically actionable case of Wilson disease. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2018 10; 4(5).
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  5. D-penicillamine combined with inhibitors of hydroperoxide metabolism enhances lung and breast cancer cell responses to radiation and carboplatin via H2O2-mediated oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med. 2017 07; 108:354-361.
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  6. Dose-dependent inhibition of uterine contractility by nitric oxide: A potential mechanism underlying persistent breeding-induced endometritis in the mare. Theriogenology. 2017 Mar 01; 90:59-64.
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  7. Wilson Disease: Epigenetic effects of choline supplementation on phenotype and clinical course in a mouse model. Epigenetics. 2016 Nov; 11(11):804-818.
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  8. Penicillamine-associated cutis laxa and milia en plaque - case report and review of cutaneous changes associated with penicillamine. Dermatol Online J. 2016 May 15; 22(5).
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  9. Effects of D-penicillamine on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice: involvement of nitric oxide/NMDA pathways. Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Oct; 39:42-7.
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  10. D-penicillamine-induced granulomatous hepatitis in brown Norway rats. Mol Cell Biochem. 2014 Aug; 393(1-2):229-35.
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