"Germ-Free Life" 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.
Animals not contaminated by or associated with any foreign organisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D005856
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G06.320
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| Concept/Terms |
Germ-Free Life- Germ-Free Life
- Germ Free Life
- Life, Germ-Free
- Germfree Life
- Life, Germfree
Axenic Animals- Axenic Animals
- Animal, Axenic
- Animals, Axenic
- Axenic Animal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Germ-Free Life" by people in Profiles.
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DNA-utilization loci enable exogenous DNA metabolism in gut Bacteroidales. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Sep 23; 122(38):e2505388122.
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Early-life gut microbiome maturity regulates blood-brain barrier and cognitive development. Gut Microbes. 2025 Dec; 17(1):2551879.
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IL-10 sensing by lung interstitial macrophages prevents bacterial dysbiosis-driven pulmonary inflammation and maintains immune homeostasis. Immunity. 2025 May 13; 58(5):1306-1326.e7.
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Indole-3-propionic acid protects medium-diversity colitic mice via barrier enhancement preferentially over anti-inflammatory effects. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2025 Jun 01; 328(6):G696-G715.
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Microbiota does not influence tumor development in two models of heritable cancer. mBio. 2025 Mar 12; 16(3):e0386624.
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A synbiotic of Anaerostipes caccae and lactulose prevents and treats food allergy in mice. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Jul 10; 32(7):1163-1176.e6.
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Microbial influences on severity and sex bias of systemic autoimmunity. Immunol Rev. 2024 08; 325(1):64-76.
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Mapping the T cell repertoire to a complex gut bacterial community. Nature. 2023 09; 621(7977):162-170.
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Targeting PD-L2-RGMb overcomes microbiome-related immunotherapy resistance. Nature. 2023 05; 617(7960):377-385.
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Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome. Cell. 2022 09 15; 185(19):3617-3636.e19.