"Mustard Gas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D009151
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.728.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Mustard Gas- Mustard Gas
- Gas, Mustard
- Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
- Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
- Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
- Sulfur Mustard
- Mustard, Sulfur
- Yellow Cross Liquid
- Yperite
- Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
- Mustardgas
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mustard Gas" by people in Profiles.
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Sulfur mustard resistant keratinocytes obtained elevated glutathione levels and other changes in the antioxidative defense mechanism. Toxicol Lett. 2018 Sep 01; 293:51-61.
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Th17/Treg immunoregulation and implications in treatment of sulfur mustard gas-induced lung diseases. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2017 12; 13(12):1173-1188.
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Editor's Highlight: Pulmonary Vascular Thrombosis in Rats Exposed to Inhaled Sulfur Mustard. Toxicol Sci. 2017 10 01; 159(2):461-469.
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From the Cover: Catalytic Antioxidant Rescue of Inhaled Sulfur Mustard Toxicity. Toxicol Sci. 2016 12; 154(2):341-353.
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Protection against 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES)-induced cytotoxicity in human keratinocytes by an inducer of the glutathione detoxification pathway. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 Sep 01; 255(2):176-83.
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Mustard gas or sulfur mustard: an old chemical agent as a new terrorist threat. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; 24(1):19-29; discussion 30-1.
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Protective effect of ethanolic and water extracts of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) against the toxic effects of mustard gas. Indian J Exp Biol. 2006 Oct; 44(10):821-31.
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Sulfur mustard primes phagocytosis and degranulation in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Mar; 4(3):437-45.
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Low-dose sulfur mustard primes oxidative function and induces apoptosis in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Int Immunopharmacol. 2003 May; 3(5):747-56.
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[Auxiliary use of mustard gas derivatives in streptomycin therapy of meningeal tuberculosis]. Policlinico Prat. 1951 Nov 26; 58(48):1537-9.