"Lung" 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.
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
| Descriptor ID |
D008168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.411
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lung" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lung" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 1997 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1998 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2005 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2008 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2009 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2011 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2012 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 2013 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2014 | 37 | 25 | 62 |
| 2015 | 23 | 18 | 41 |
| 2016 | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| 2017 | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| 2018 | 31 | 24 | 55 |
| 2019 | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| 2020 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 2021 | 20 | 52 | 72 |
| 2022 | 6 | 61 | 67 |
| 2023 | 3 | 84 | 87 |
| 2024 | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 2025 | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lung" by people in Profiles.
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Type 2 Diabetes and the Lung - Cause and Consequence. Curr Diab Rep. 2026 May 07; 26(1).
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Maternal smoking and CC-16: implications for lung development and COPD across the lifespan. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Mar 01; 212(3):591-604.
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The impact of estrogen replacement during perimenopause on lung function and airway inflammation in the VCD mouse model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2026 Apr 01; 330(4):L379-L389.
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Proteomic Profiling of Pulmonary Function and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Mar 03; 15(5):e043281.
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Validation of Lung Ultrasound Score for Disease Severity and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Apr 01; 27(4):474-482.
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PTPN1 Regulation via YBX1-PTBP1 Interaction Promotes Fibroblast Activation and Fibrotic Remodeling in the Lung. Int J Biol Sci. 2026; 22(5):2233-2246.
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Aberrant cellular communities underlying disease heterogeneity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nat Genet. 2026 Feb; 58(2):376-391.
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Single-cell atlas of human lung aging identifies cell type dyssynchrony and increased transcriptional entropy. Nat Commun. 2026 01 22; 17(1).
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Lung tumouroids as a testing platform for precision CAR T cell therapy. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026 Apr; 10(4):815-831.
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Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 44,287 multi-ancestry participants. Genome Biol. 2026 Jan 15; 27(1):28.