"Atherosclerosis" 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.
A thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES that occurs with formation of ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES within the ARTERIAL INTIMA.
| Descriptor ID |
D050197
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.137.126.307
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Atherosclerosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Atherosclerosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2008 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2011 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atherosclerosis" by people in Profiles.
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Obicetrapib and lipoprotein(a) levels in patients at high cardiovascular risk: a pooled analysis of trials. Eur Heart J. 2026 Jul 07; 47(26):3404-3414.
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Mechanosensitive FHL2 tunes endothelial function via microtubule-actomyosin crosstalk. EMBO J. 2026 Jul; 45(13):4569-4604.
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Multi-ancestry transcriptome prediction with functionally informed variants in TOPMed MESA improves performance of transcriptome-wide association studies. Am J Hum Genet. 2026 Apr 02; 113(4):828-841.
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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 LOX-1 scavenger receptor plays a central role in multiple positive feedback loops driving the escalation of oxLDL uptake by macrophages. FEBS Lett. 2026 03; 600(5):669-679.
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LDL-binding IL-10 reduces vascular inflammation in atherosclerotic mice. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026 Sep; 10(9):1843-1854.
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Pharmacotherapy development and trends in lipidology: An expert discussion. J Clin Lipidol. 2025 Nov-Dec; 19(6):1530-1535.
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Platelets impair the resolution of inflammation in atherosclerotic plaques in insulin-resistant mice after lipid lowering. JCI Insight. 2025 11 10; 10(21).
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Poor olfaction and risk of heart failure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 10 05; 80(11).
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Impact of Obicetrapib on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients: A Pooled Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Oct 07; 86(14):1046-1056.