"Tears" 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 fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.
| Descriptor ID |
D013666
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.200.882
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tears" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tears" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tears" by people in Profiles.
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Aqueous Tear Deficiency Increases Conjunctival Interferon-? (IFN-?) Expression and Goblet Cell Loss. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Nov; 56(12):7545-50.
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Effects of azithromycin on gene expression profiles of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators in the eyelid margin and conjunctiva of patients with meibomian gland disease. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Oct; 133(10):1117-23.
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Long-term Supplementation With n-6 and n-3 PUFAs Improves Moderate-to-Severe Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial. Cornea. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1297-304.
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Tear meniscus dimensions in tear dysfunction and their correlation with clinical parameters. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb; 157(2):301-310.e1.
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Pharmacological cholinergic blockade stimulates inflammatory cytokine production and lymphocytic infiltration in the mouse lacrimal gland. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 May 16; 52(6):3221-7.
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Evaluation of the transforming growth factor-beta activity in normal and dry eye human tears by CCL-185 cell bioassay. Cornea. 2010 Sep; 29(9):1048-54.
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Age-related T-cell cytokine profile parallels corneal disease severity in Sjogren's syndrome-like keratoconjunctivitis sicca in CD25KO mice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Feb; 49(2):246-58.
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Production and activity of matrix metalloproteinase-9 on the ocular surface increase in dysfunctional tear syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jul; 50(7):3203-9.
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Dry eye-induced conjunctival epithelial squamous metaplasia is modulated by interferon-gamma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jun; 48(6):2553-60.
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Strain-related cytokine profiles on the murine ocular surface in response to desiccating stress. Cornea. 2007 Jun; 26(5):579-84.