"Colitis" 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.
Inflammation of the COLON section of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE), usually with symptoms such as DIARRHEA (often with blood and mucus), ABDOMINAL PAIN, and FEVER.
| Descriptor ID |
D003092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.265 C06.405.469.158.188
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Colitis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Colitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colitis" by people in Profiles.
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Immunoglobulin A controls intestinal virus colonization to preserve immune homeostasis. Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Apr 09; 33(4):498-511.e10.
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Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG induces STING-dependent IL-10 in intestinal monocytes and alleviates inflammatory colitis in mice. J Clin Invest. 2025 Feb 03; 135(3).
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Protection against Clostridioides difficile disease by a naturally avirulent strain. Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Jan 08; 33(1):59-70.e4.
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Wnt/ß-catenin maintains epithelial IL-33 in the colonic stem and progenitor cell niche and drives its induction in colitis. Mucosal Immunol. 2025 Feb; 18(1):248-256.
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Follow-up biopsies in gastrointestinal immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity may show markedly different inflammatory patterns than initial injury. Hum Pathol. 2024 06; 148:60-65.
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Sirt2 inhibition improves gut epithelial barrier integrity and protects mice from colitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 30; 121(18):e2319833121.
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Tissue-specific reprogramming leads to angiogenic neutrophil specialization and tumor vascularization in colorectal cancer. J Clin Invest. 2024 Apr 01; 134(7).
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Some Drugs Have Two Faces: Paradoxical Colitis in a Patient with Psoriatic Arthritis Previously Treated with Etanercept and IL-17 Inhibitors. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 May; 69(5):1602-1607.
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Inflammation and bacteriophages affect DNA inversion states and functionality of the gut microbiota. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Mar 13; 32(3):322-334.e9.
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Epithelial IFN? signalling and compartmentalized antigen presentation orchestrate gut immunity. Nature. 2023 Nov; 623(7989):1044-1052.