"Ectoderm" 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 outer of the three germ layers of an embryo.
| Descriptor ID |
D004475
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.504.273
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ectoderm" by people in Profiles.
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Temporal dynamics of BMP/Nodal ratio drive tissue-specific gastrulation morphogenesis. Development. 2025 05 01; 152(9).
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Drosophila Ten-m and filamin affect motor neuron growth cone guidance. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e22956.
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BMP4-dependent expression of Xenopus Grainyhead-like 1 is essential for epidermal differentiation. Development. 2005 Mar; 132(5):1021-34.
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Difference in the maternal and zygotic contributions of tumorhead on embryogenesis. Dev Biol. 2003 Mar 15; 255(2):290-302.
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Tumorhead, a Xenopus gene product that inhibits neural differentiation through regulation of proliferation. Development. 2001 Sep; 128(17):3381-93.
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Distinct WNT pathways regulating AER formation and dorsoventral polarity in the chick limb bud. Science. 1998 May 22; 280(5367):1274-7.
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Sonic hedgehog and Fgf-4 act through a signaling cascade and feedback loop to integrate growth and patterning of the developing limb bud. Cell. 1994 Dec 16; 79(6):993-1003.
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Mechanisms of limb patterning. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 1994 Aug; 4(4):535-42.
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Differential expression of a Distal-less homeobox gene Xdll-2 in ectodermal cell lineages. Mech Dev. 1994 Apr; 46(1):63-70.
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The homeodomain gene Xenopus Distal-less-like-2 (Xdll-2) is regulated by a conserved mechanism in amphibian and mammalian epidermis. Dev Biol. 1994 Mar; 162(1):267-76.