"Progesterone" 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 major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
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D011374
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.829 D06.472.334.734.623 D06.472.334.851.687.750
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Progesterone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Progesterone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Progesterone" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular Mechanisms of Menstrual Cycle-Related Suicide Risk: A Selective Review of Promising Candidate Systems. Biol Psychiatry. 2026 May 01; 99(9):728-739.
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How to study the menstrual cycle as a continuous variable: Implementing phase-aligned cycle time scaling (PACTS) with the menstrualcycleR package. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Nov; 181:107584.
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Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle (DASH-MC): A transdiagnostic framework for ovarian steroid influences on psychopathology. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 01; 30(1):251-262.
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Placental histology for targeted risk assessment of recurrent spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 04; 230(4):452.e1-452.e11.
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Progesterone Signaling and Uterine Fibroid Pathogenesis; Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutics. Cells. 2023 04 09; 12(8).
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Effects of acute estradiol and progesterone on perimenstrual exacerbation of suicidal ideation and related symptoms: a crossover randomized controlled trial. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 12 30; 12(1):528.
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Association of Progestogens and Venous Thromboembolism Among Women of Reproductive Age. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 09 01; 140(3):477-487.
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Chemical contraceptive impacts on cyclic progesterone and sexual behavior in zoo-housed Western lowland gorillas. Am J Primatol. 2023 03; 85(3):e23418.
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Evaluation of ovulation and safety outcomes in a multi-center randomized trial of three 84 day ulipristal acetate regimens. Contraception. 2022 08; 112:54-60.
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Myometrial progesterone hyper-responsiveness associated with increased risk of human uterine fibroids. BMC Womens Health. 2019 07 09; 19(1):92.