"Asthma" 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.
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
Descriptor ID |
D001249
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MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.108 C08.381.495.108 C08.674.095 C20.543.480.680.095
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Concept/Terms |
Asthma- Asthma
- Asthmas
- Bronchial Asthma
- Asthma, Bronchial
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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The Role of Polygenic Susceptibility on Air Pollution-Associated Asthma between German and Japanese Elderly Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 08 10; 19(16).
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Maternal and perinatal obesity induce bronchial obstruction and pulmonary hypertension via IL-6-FoxO1-axis in later life. Nat Commun. 2022 07 27; 13(1):4352.
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Exome-wide analysis of copy number variation shows association of the human leukocyte antigen region with asthma in UK Biobank. BMC Med Genomics. 2022 05 21; 15(1):119.
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Comparison of weighting approaches for genetic risk scores in gene-environment interaction studies. BMC Genet. 2017 Dec 16; 18(1):115.
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GM-CSF-licensed CD11b+ lung dendritic cells orchestrate Th2 immunity to Blomia tropicalis. J Immunol. 2014 Jul 15; 193(2):496-509.
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NOD1 gene polymorphisms in relation to aggressive periodontitis. Innate Immun. 2009 Aug; 15(4):225-32.