"Tears" 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.
The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.
Descriptor ID |
D013666
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MeSH Number(s) |
A12.200.882
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
1997 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
1998 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tears" by people in Profiles.
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TNF is a critical cytokine in age-related dry eye disease. Ocul Surf. 2023 Oct; 30:119-128.
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Effects of Cathepsin S Inhibition in the Age-Related Dry Eye Phenotype. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 08 01; 64(11):7.
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Dry eye disease and blinking behaviors: A narrative review of methodologies for measuring blink dynamics and inducing blink response. Ocul Surf. 2023 Jul; 29:166-174.
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Non-invasive and objective tear film breakup detection on interference color images using convolutional neural networks. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282973.
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Anti-Inflammatories in the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease: A Review. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2023 03; 39(2):89-101.
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Non-Invasive Tear Break-Up Detection with the Kowa DR-1a and Its Relationship to Dry Eye Clinical Severity. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 25; 23(23).
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Mucosal immunology of the ocular surface. Mucosal Immunol. 2022 06; 15(6):1143-1157.
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation: A new approach for stimulating tear secretion in dry eye disease. Ocul Surf. 2022 07; 25:58-64.
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Gut-derived butyrate suppresses ocular surface inflammation. Sci Rep. 2022 03 16; 12(1):4512.
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Cathepsin S is a novel target for age-related dry eye. Exp Eye Res. 2022 01; 214:108895.