"Aging" 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 gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time.
| Descriptor ID |
D000375
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.124
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aging" by people in this website by year, and whether "Aging" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 1997 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2001 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2002 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2003 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2004 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2005 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2006 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2008 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2009 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 2010 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2011 | 17 | 12 | 29 |
| 2012 | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 2013 | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 2014 | 35 | 15 | 50 |
| 2015 | 29 | 14 | 43 |
| 2016 | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| 2017 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2018 | 31 | 17 | 48 |
| 2019 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 2020 | 25 | 20 | 45 |
| 2021 | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 2022 | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| 2023 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2024 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 2025 | 24 | 6 | 30 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aging" by people in Profiles.
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A Scalable Organoid Model of Urothelial Aging for Metabolic Interrogation, Infection Modeling, and Reversal of Age-Associated Changes. Aging Cell. 2026 Feb; 25(2):e70391.
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A proposed path to explaining the unexplained anemia of aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 01 02; 81(1).
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Hindlimb unloading results in accelerated bone loss compared to aging in select bone compartments of female murine femurs. J Biomech. 2026 Jan; 195:113134.
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Tenascin-C from the tissue microenvironment promotes muscle stem cell maintenance and function through Annexin A2. Commun Biol. 2025 Dec 05; 8(1):1709.
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Strategies and challenges for the recruitment of young healthy participants in the dietary approaches to longevity and health (DiAL health) pilot trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Jan; 160:108143.
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Epigenetic age and telomere length correlations in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2025 Dec; 31(14):1641-1650.
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Aging Affects Lipid Homeostasis in Lacrimal Glands by Upregulating Lipogenesis and Changing Its Specificity. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2025 Oct 01; 66(13):1.
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PKR-driven ISR signaling controls synaptic translation and structural plasticity in an age-dependent manner. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 Nov; 216:107113.
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Developmental timing of index trauma exposure and accelerated epigenetic aging in United States military veterans. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Dec; 182:107568.
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Quantifying age and spatial variations of bone marrow elasticity with noncontact optical coherence elastography. J Biomed Opt. 2025 Dec; 30(12):124505.