"Thioguanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antineoplastic compound which also has antimetabolite action. The drug is used in the therapy of acute leukemia.
| Descriptor ID |
D013866
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.854
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| Concept/Terms |
Thioguanine- Thioguanine
- 2-Amino-6-Purinethiol
- 2 Amino 6 Purinethiol
- Tioguanine
- 6-Thioguanine
- 6 Thioguanine
Tabloid- Tabloid
- Thioguanine Tabloid
- Thioguanin-GSK
- Thioguanin GSK
- ThioguaninGSK
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thioguanine" by people in Profiles.
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6-Thioguanine reactivates epigenetically silenced genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by facilitating proteasome-mediated degradation of DNMT1. Cancer Res. 2011 Mar 01; 71(5):1904-11.