"Drosophila melanogaster" 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.
A species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.
| Descriptor ID |
D004331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drosophila melanogaster" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2012 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2013 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2014 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 2015 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2019 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Computational and functional prioritization identifies genes that rescue behavior and reduce tau protein in fly and human cell models of Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 May 01; 112(5):1081-1096.
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Glucose uptake in pigment glia suppresses Tau-induced inflammation and photoreceptor degeneration. Dis Model Mech. 2025 Apr 01; 18(4).
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Multi-epitope immunocapture of huntingtin reveals striatum-selective molecular signatures. Mol Syst Biol. 2025 May; 21(5):492-522.
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Haploinsufficiency of ITSN1 is associated with a substantial increased risk of Parkinson's disease. Cell Rep. 2025 Mar 25; 44(3):115355.
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Helicobacter pylori virulence factor CagA promotes Snail-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasive behavior by downregulating Semaphorin 5A in gastric epithelial cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2025 03 01; 750:151421.
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De novo variants in RYBP are associated with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder and congenital anomalies. Genet Med. 2025 Apr; 27(4):101369.
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Dendrite injury triggers neuroprotection in Drosophila models of neurodegenerative disease. Sci Rep. 2024 10 21; 14(1):24766.
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Synergistic activation by Glass and Pointed promotes neuronal identity in the Drosophila eye disc. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 17; 15(1):7091.
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Nanoparticle Uptake in the Aging and Oncogenic Drosophila Midgut Measured with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Cells. 2024 08 13; 13(16).
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A single cell RNA sequence atlas of the early Drosophila larval eye. BMC Genomics. 2024 Jun 19; 25(1):616.