"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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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2001 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 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 | 3 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2013 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2015 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 2016 | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 2018 | 30 | 2 | 32 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4 | 39 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5 | 29 |
| 2021 | 37 | 1 | 38 |
| 2022 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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Advances in asthma and allergic disease genetics. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2025 Feb 01; 25(1):58-65.
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Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1208-1215.
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Androgen signaling restricts glutaminolysis to drive sex-specific Th17 metabolism in allergic airway inflammation. J Clin Invest. 2024 Oct 15; 134(23).
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Integrating Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring, Ecological Momentary Assessment, and Spirometry to Evaluate Asthma Symptoms: Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Oct 10; 8:e60147.
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Sequence variants influencing the regulation of serum IgG subclass levels. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 14; 15(1):8054.
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Evaluating Quality of Care for Patients with Asthma in the Readmission Penalty Era. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Aug; 21(8):1166-1175.
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Implementation of a remote behavioral intervention for older adults with asthma - a pilot study. J Asthma. 2024 Dec; 61(12):1738-1745.
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Health Insurance Type and Outpatient Specialist Care Among Children With Asthma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 03; 7(6):e2417319.
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Multi-omics in nasal epithelium reveals three axes of dysregulation for asthma risk in the African Diaspora populations. Nat Commun. 2024 May 28; 15(1):4546.
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Population descriptors in asthma and allergy research: Time to regroup. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 Jul; 154(1):79-81.