"Guinea Pigs" 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 common name used for the genus Cavia. The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research.
| Descriptor ID |
D006168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Guinea Pigs- Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig
- Pig, Guinea
- Pigs, Guinea
- Cavia
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Guinea Pigs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Guinea Pigs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Guinea Pigs" by people in Profiles.
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Marburg virus glycoprotein mRNA vaccine is more protective than a virus-like particle-forming mRNA vaccine. J Clin Invest. 2025 Sep 02; 135(17).
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Divergent antibody recognition profiles are generated by protective mRNA vaccines against Marburg and Ravn viruses. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 01; 16(1):5702.
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Cleavage-intermediate Lassa virus trimer elicits neutralizing responses, identifies neutralizing nanobodies, and reveals an apex-situated site-of-vulnerability. Nat Commun. 2024 01 04; 15(1):285.
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Combinatorial Atoh1, Gfi1, Pou4f3, and Six1 gene transfer induces hair cell regeneration in the flat epithelium of mature guinea pigs. Hear Res. 2024 01; 441:108916.
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KM-408, a novel phenoxyalkyl derivative as a potential anticonvulsant and analgesic compound for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Pharmacol Rep. 2023 Feb; 75(1):128-165.
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Temporal analysis of melanogenesis identifies fatty acid metabolism as key skin pigment regulator. PLoS Biol. 2022 05; 20(5):e3001634.
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Increased DNA methylation, cellular senescence and premature epigenetic aging in guinea pigs and humans with tuberculosis. Aging (Albany NY). 2022 03 07; 14(5):2174-2193.
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Non-neutralizing Antibodies from a Marburg Infection Survivor Mediate Protection by Fc-Effector Functions and by Enhancing Efficacy of Other Antibodies. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 06 10; 27(6):976-991.e11.
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Small Animal Models for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B, and Tuberculosis: Proceedings of an NIAID Workshop. Curr HIV Res. 2020; 18(1):19-28.
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Exploring use of unsupervised clustering to associate signaling profiles of GPCR ligands to clinical response. Nat Commun. 2019 09 09; 10(1):4075.