"Kidney" 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.
Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.
| Descriptor ID |
D007668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Kidney" by people in this website by year, and whether "Kidney" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 1997 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 1998 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2001 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2002 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 2003 | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2005 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 2006 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 2007 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2008 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2009 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2014 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2015 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2020 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 2021 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022 | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 2024 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kidney" by people in Profiles.
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AKI as a systemic syndrome and its impact on other organ systems. Crit Care. 2026 Aug 22; 30(1).
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Sustained improvement in renal function with palopegteriparatide in adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism: 2-year results from the phase 3 PaTHway-trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2026 Aug 21; 41(9):922-933.
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Nephrotoxicity of conventional chemotherapeutics: part II-non-platinum agents and miscellaneous nephrotoxic drugs. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 Apr 30; 41(5):828-838.
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Deep profiling of lupus nephritis kidneys reveals dynamic changes in myeloid cells associated with disease progression. Ann Rheum Dis. 2026 Jul; 85(7):1324-1340.
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A Rare Case of Seronegative anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease with Pulmonary Involvement. R I Med J (2013). 2026 Apr 01; 109(4):52-54.
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The role of inflammation in longitudinal renal function decline and incident chronic kidney disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Mar 27; 33(5):718-728.
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The Many Faces of TPM3::ALK Fusion Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Surg Pathol. 2026 Aug; 34(5):1241-1246.
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Percutaneous renal mass biopsies with no viable lesional cells - Recognizing different histologic patterns can help predict nondiagnostic vs. true negative biopsy and guide clinical management. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2026 Jun; 82:152607.
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Thrombomodulin protects against acute vascular and multiorgan injury in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2026 01 23; 11(2).
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Multi-omics analysis of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant. Nature. 2026 02; 650(8100):205-217.