"Mucus" 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 viscous secretion of mucous membranes. It contains mucin, white blood cells, water, inorganic salts, and exfoliated cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D009093
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.200.503
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mucus" by people in Profiles.
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Lateral Assessment of Mucomimetic Hydrogels to Evaluate Correlation between Microscopic and Macroscopic Properties. Macromol Biosci. 2024 12; 24(12):e2400146.
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Clearing the Air: Innovations in Imaging for Early Detection and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 04 15; 209(8):1042-1043.
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Diet-derived metabolites and mucus link the gut microbiome to fever after cytotoxic cancer treatment. Sci Transl Med. 2022 11 16; 14(671):eabo3445.
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Mucus-degrading Bacteroides link carbapenems to aggravated graft-versus-host disease. Cell. 2022 09 29; 185(20):3705-3719.e14.
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Metagenomes of rectal swabs in larger, advanced stage cervical cancers have enhanced mucus degrading functionalities and distinct taxonomic structure. BMC Cancer. 2022 Sep 01; 22(1):945.
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Mucin-Degrading Microbes Release Monosaccharides That Chemoattract Clostridioides difficile and Facilitate Colonization of the Human Intestinal Mucus Layer. ACS Infect Dis. 2021 05 14; 7(5):1126-1142.
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The Small Protein RmpD Drives Hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella pneumoniae. mBio. 2020 09 22; 11(5).
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Fungi in Mucoobstructive Airway Diseases. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 11; 15(Suppl 3):S198-S204.
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Allergic asthma is distinguished by sensitivity of allergen-specific CD4+ T cells and airway structural cells to type 2 inflammation. Sci Transl Med. 2016 10 05; 8(359):359ra132.
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Pentraxin 3 deletion aggravates allergic inflammation through a TH17-dominant phenotype and enhanced CD4 T-cell survival. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Mar; 139(3):950-963.e9.