"Osmosis" 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.
Tendency of fluids (e.g., water) to move from the less concentrated to the more concentrated side of a semipermeable membrane.
| Descriptor ID |
D009995
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.154.090.750 G02.111.655 G02.691 G02.723.495
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osmosis" by people in Profiles.
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Structure and permeation mechanism of a mammalian urea transporter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 10; 109(28):11194-9.
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Induction of Th17 differentiation by corneal epithelial-derived cytokines. J Cell Physiol. 2010 Jan; 222(1):95-102.
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Biochemical characterization of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin LmAQP1: possible role in volume regulation and osmotaxis. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Aug; 65(4):1006-17.
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Cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of three aquaglyceroporins from Trypanosoma brucei. J Biol Chem. 2004 Oct 08; 279(41):42669-76.