"Cytokines" 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.
Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner.
| Descriptor ID |
D016207
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374 D12.776.467.374 D23.529.374
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cytokines" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cytokines" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2000 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2001 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2002 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2003 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2004 | 7 | 24 | 31 |
| 2005 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2006 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2007 | 12 | 21 | 33 |
| 2008 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| 2009 | 14 | 27 | 41 |
| 2010 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 2011 | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| 2012 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2013 | 13 | 22 | 35 |
| 2014 | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| 2015 | 13 | 26 | 39 |
| 2016 | 6 | 49 | 55 |
| 2017 | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| 2018 | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| 2019 | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| 2020 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
| 2021 | 6 | 30 | 36 |
| 2022 | 2 | 37 | 39 |
| 2023 | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 2024 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2025 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 2026 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytokines" by people in Profiles.
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Immune Hallmarks of Recurrent Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Inflammatory Arthritis. Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Oct 05; 14(10):1653-1669.
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Mechanisms underlying rheumatic heart disease immune-mediated pathogenesis: T-cell responses, cytokine networks, and immune dysregulation as drivers of valvular injury. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Oct; 7(10):101499.
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Urogenital immune signatures are associated with birth outcomes after maternal urinary tract infection. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Aug 26; 18(864):eaea1228.
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Inflammatory neuropathy in mouse and primate models of colorectal cancer. Nat Commun. 2026 Aug 12; 17(1).
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PKC inhibitors reveal PKC isoforms involved in HIV latency reversal and immunomodulation. J Virol. 2026 Aug 18; 100(8):e0050026.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus exacerbates vaginal group B Streptococcus colonization via impaired mucosal cytokine response. mSphere. 2026 Jul 28; 11(7):e0002726.
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Cytokine-based strategies to improve prognostic enrichment of pediatric ARDS. Crit Care. 2026 Jul 01; 30(1).
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Inflammatory blood-based biomarkers to aid in the assessment and prognostication of traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI study. J Neuroinflammation. 2026 May 28; 23(1).
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TGF-beta inhibitors influence leishmania infection outcome in a susceptible host. Cytokine. 2026 Aug; 204:157169.
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Alprazolam Reduces Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts. Cancer Res Commun. 2026 05 01; 6(5):1048-1060.