"Thalidomide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A piperidinyl isoindole originally introduced as a non-barbiturate hypnotic, but withdrawn from the market due to teratogenic effects. It has been reintroduced and used for a number of immunological and inflammatory disorders. Thalidomide displays immunosuppressive and anti-angiogenic activity. It inhibits release of TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA from monocytes, and modulates other cytokine action.
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D013792
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.223.805.810.800 D03.383.621.808.800 D03.633.100.513.750.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thalidomide" by people in Profiles.
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Use of Apremilast for the Treatment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 12; 77(12):1487-1492.
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Health-related quality of life in patients with multiple myeloma treated in the phase 3 ATLAS trial of post-transplant maintenance with carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone or lenalidomide alone. Pol Arch Intern Med. 2024 05 28; 134(5).
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Deucravacitinib in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: Pooled safety and tolerability over 52?weeks from two phase 3 trials (POETYK PSO-1 and PSO-2). J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2024 Aug; 38(8):1543-1554.
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Meaningful Change Thresholds for the Psoriasis Symptoms and Signs Diary: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2024 02 01; 160(2):204-209.
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Phase 1/2 study of carfilzomib, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone with and without daratumumab in relapsed multiple myeloma. Blood Adv. 2023 10 10; 7(19):5703-5712.
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Addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone for transplantation-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (GRIFFIN): final analysis of an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol. 2023 Oct; 10(10):e825-e837.
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Treatment of plaque psoriasis with deucravacitinib (POETYK PSO-2 study): a plain language summary. Immunotherapy. 2023 08; 15(11):787-797.
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Deucravacitinib versus placebo and apremilast in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: Efficacy and safety results from the 52-week, randomized, double-blinded, phase 3 Program fOr Evaluation of TYK2 inhibitor psoriasis second trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 01; 88(1):40-51.
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Attenuation of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Indirubin-Derived PROTAC Targeting HDAC6. ACS Chem Biol. 2021 12 17; 16(12):2746-2751.
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Joint American Academy of Dermatology-National Psoriasis Foundation guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis with systemic nonbiologic therapies. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jun; 82(6):1445-1486.