"Capillaries" 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 minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules.
| Descriptor ID |
D002196
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.461.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Sinusoidal Beds- Sinusoidal Beds
- Bed, Sinusoidal
- Beds, Sinusoidal
- Sinusoidal Bed
- Sinusoids
- Sinusoid
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Capillaries" by people in this website by year, and whether "Capillaries" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Capillaries" by people in Profiles.
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Preservation of pancreatic endocrine and peri-islet exocrine capillary networks in type 2 diabetes. JCI Insight. 2026 06 22; 11(12).
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Racial differences in texture analysis features of the choriocapillaris. Can J Ophthalmol. 2026 Aug; 61(4):929-935.
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Bone marrow niches orchestrate stem-cell hierarchy and immune tolerance. Nature. 2025 02; 638(8049):206-215.
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Skin capillary amylin deposition resembles brain amylin vasculopathy in rats. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Sep; 32(9):107300.
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Computerized Texture Analysis of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography of Choriocapillaris in Normal Eyes of Young and Healthy Subjects. Cells. 2022 06 15; 11(12).
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Evaluation of flow of chorioretinal capillaries in healthy black and white subjects using optical coherence tomography angiography. Sci Rep. 2021 11 08; 11(1):21886.
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Integrated Pancreatic Blood Flow: Bidirectional Microcirculation Between Endocrine and Exocrine Pancreas. Diabetes. 2020 07; 69(7):1439-1450.
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Differences in macular capillary parameters between healthy black and white subjects with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA). PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223142.
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Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Human Pancreas. Endocrinology. 2018 03 01; 159(3):1393-1400.
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Perivascular Macrophages Limit Permeability. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 11; 36(11):2203-2212.