"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 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 1998 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 1999 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2000 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2001 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2005 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2008 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2009 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2011 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 2013 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2014 | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 2015 | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| 2016 | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| 2017 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2022 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2023 | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2026 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aging" by people in Profiles.
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The Baboon as a Model to Study Human Health and Complex Disease. Am J Primatol. 2026 Sep; 88(9):e70207.
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Working out of necessity: how job lock shapes health for older workers. Gerontologist. 2026 Aug 05; 66(9).
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Bioengineering strategies to interrogate and modulate the aging immune system. Nat Aging. 2026 Aug; 6(8):1554-1564.
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SuperAging is not the inverse of common-variant Alzheimer's risk: evidence across genetic ancestries. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2026 Jul 23; 18(1).
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Pancreatic ß-cell aging in physiology and diabetes: emerging roles of m6A mRNA methylation. J Mol Endocrinol. 2026 Jul 01; 77(1).
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Inflammaging in aged tissues drives remodeling of the CD8+ T cell compartment. Cell Rep. 2026 May 26; 45(5):117303.
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Psychometric criteria for superior cognitive performance in very old adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 05; 111(2):624-635.
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The exposome of brain aging across 34 countries. Nat Med. 2026 May; 32(5):1838-1851.
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A harmonized framework for studying exceptional cognitive aging in Latin America. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Apr; 22(4):e71373.
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Determinants of chromosome-specific telomere lengths among 2573 All of Us participants. Nat Commun. 2026 Mar 28; 17(1).