"Lymphangioleiomyomatosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease characterized by the progressive invasion of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS into the LYMPHATIC VESSELS, and the BLOOD VESSELS. The majority of the cases occur in the LUNGS of women of child-bearing age, eventually blocking the flow of air, blood, and lymph. The common symptom is shortness of breath (DYSPNEA).
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D018192
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.375.460.465 C04.557.450.692.500 C15.604.515.562.465 C20.683.515.710.465
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lymphangioleiomyomatosis" by people in Profiles.
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Immune Checkpoint Ligand PD-L1 Is Upregulated in Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2018 12; 59(6):723-732.
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Evidence Supporting a Lymphatic Endothelium Origin for Angiomyolipoma, a TSC2(-) Tumor Related to Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Pathol. 2016 07; 186(7):1825-1836.
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Cystic interstitial lung diseases: recognizing the common and uncommon entities. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2014 May-Jun; 43(3):115-27.
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In pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis expression of progesterone receptor is frequently higher than that of estrogen receptor. Virchows Arch. 2014 Apr; 464(4):495-503.
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Exonic mutations of TSC2/TSC1 are common but not seen in all sporadic pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Mar 15; 187(6):663-5.
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Radiological approach to interstitial lung disease: a guide for the nonradiologist. Clin Chest Med. 2012 Mar; 33(1):11-26.
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Combined smooth muscle and melanocytic differentiation in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. J Histochem Cytochem. 2004 Dec; 52(12):1537-42.
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Imbalanced plasminogen system in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: potential role of serum response factor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005 Jan; 32(1):28-34.