Chloroquine
"Chloroquine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototypical antimalarial agent with a mechanism that is not well understood. It has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and in the systemic therapy of amebic liver abscesses.
| Descriptor ID |
D002738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.810.050.180
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| Concept/Terms |
Chloroquine Sulfate- Chloroquine Sulfate
- Sulfate, Chloroquine
- Chloroquine Sulphate
- Sulphate, Chloroquine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chloroquine" by people in Profiles.
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Olafson KN, Ketchum MA, Rimer JD, Vekilov PG. Mechanisms of hematin crystallization and inhibition by the antimalarial drug chloroquine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 21; 112(16):4946-51.
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Bhattarai SR, Muthuswamy E, Wani A, Brichacek M, Castañeda AL, Brock SL, Oupicky D. Enhanced gene and siRNA delivery by polycation-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with chloroquine. Pharm Res. 2010 Dec; 27(12):2556-68.