"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.108 C08.381.495.108 C08.674.095 C20.543.480.680.095
|
| Concept/Terms |
Asthma- Asthma
- Asthmas
- Bronchial Asthma
- Asthma, Bronchial
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Asthma".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Asthma".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asthma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asthma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2001 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2004 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2007 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2008 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 27 | 5 | 32 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2013 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2015 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 2016 | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| 2018 | 30 | 2 | 32 |
| 2019 | 36 | 4 | 40 |
| 2020 | 31 | 5 | 36 |
| 2021 | 44 | 1 | 45 |
| 2022 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 2026 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
-
Trans-regulatory gene mapping prioritizes disease drivers in asthma. Cell. 2026 Aug 20; 189(17):5250-5265.e11.
-
Post-genome-wide association study variant-to-function challenges in asthma research. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 09; 158(3):663-678.
-
Upper airway microbiome interacts with GSDMB and ORMDL3 asthma risk SNPs to influence early-life wheeze risk. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Sep; 158(3):758-768.
-
Clinician and family perspectives on the use of single maintenance and reliever therapy for children. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2026 Aug; 137(2):194-201.
-
S-PrediXcan predicted gene expression in human placenta is associated with childhood-onset asthma risk. Sci Rep. 2026 May 13; 16(1).
-
Negative regulation of human IL-33 in endothelium during allergic airway inflammation. JCI Insight. 2026 05 08; 11(9).
-
Radiologic Features of Airways Disease Are Associated With Interstitial Lung Abnormality Progression. Respir Care. 2026 Apr; 71(4):390-396.
-
PrecISE-a biomarker-stratified adaptive trial of 5 interventions in severe asthma: Final protocol and the baseline cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Jun; 157(6):1261-1273.
-
Ovarian hormones and obesity drive Th17-mediated airway inflammation through estrogen receptor-a signaling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2026 04 01; 330(4):L267-L273.
-
Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and school stock inhaler utilization in a statewide program. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1750112.