"Lung" 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.
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
| Descriptor ID |
D008168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.411
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lung" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lung" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 1997 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1998 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2005 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2008 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2009 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2011 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 2012 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2013 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2014 | 36 | 24 | 60 |
| 2015 | 23 | 18 | 41 |
| 2016 | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| 2017 | 26 | 16 | 42 |
| 2018 | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 2020 | 18 | 34 | 52 |
| 2021 | 20 | 52 | 72 |
| 2022 | 5 | 60 | 65 |
| 2023 | 3 | 84 | 87 |
| 2024 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lung" by people in Profiles.
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Aberrant cellular communities underlying disease heterogeneity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nat Genet. 2026 Feb; 58(2):376-391.
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Whole genome sequence analysis of pulmonary function and COPD in 44,287 multi-ancestry participants. Genome Biol. 2026 Jan 15; 27(1):28.
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Multi-omics to study chronic respiratory diseases and viral infections. Eur Respir Rev. 2026 Jan; 35(179).
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Transcriptomic signature-guided depletion of intermediate alveolar epithelial cells ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 10; 17(1):1636.
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Spatially resolved integrative analysis of transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in tissue injury studies. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 07; 17(1):205.
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Persistent airway obstruction in severe eosinophilic asthma: targeting interleukin-5 and eosinophils. Eur Respir Rev. 2025 Oct; 34(178).
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International Investigation of the Gut-Lung Axis in Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2026 Mar; 78(3):352-361.
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Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 infection induces post-acute lung fibrosis in BALB/c mice. J Virol. 2025 11 25; 99(11):e0140625.
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Adrenomedullin overexpression protects mice from experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia and associated pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025 Dec 01; 329(6):L677-L685.
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Lung NR3C1+ and CXCR6high T cells distinguish immunopathogenesis of human emphysema. Commun Biol. 2025 Sep 24; 8(1):1353.