"Foreskin" 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 double-layered skin fold that covers the GLANS PENIS, the head of the penis.
| Descriptor ID |
D052816
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.492.362
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foreskin" by people in Profiles.
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Bacterial communities in penile skin, male urethra, and vaginas of heterosexual couples with and without bacterial vaginosis. Microbiome. 2016 Apr 19; 4:16.
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Essentially all excess fibroblast cholesterol moves from plasma membranes to intracellular compartments. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e98482.
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Knockdown of MBP-1 in human foreskin fibroblasts induces p53-p21 dependent senescence. PLoS One. 2008; 3(10):e3384.
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Scrambling of phospholipids activates red cell membrane cholesterol. Biochemistry. 2007 Feb 27; 46(8):2233-8.