 Asthma
"Asthma" 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 form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D001249
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.127.108 C08.381.495.108 C08.674.095 C20.543.480.680.095
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| Concept/Terms |
Asthma- Asthma
- Asthmas
- Bronchial Asthma
- Asthma, Bronchial
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asthma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asthma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1980 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1982 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1983 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1984 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1985 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1986 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1987 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1988 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1989 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 1990 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 1991 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 1992 | 17 | 3 | 20 | | 1993 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 1994 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 1995 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 1996 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 1997 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 1998 | 21 | 2 | 23 | | 1999 | 19 | 4 | 23 | | 2000 | 22 | 2 | 24 | | 2001 | 25 | 2 | 27 | | 2002 | 47 | 4 | 51 | | 2003 | 62 | 5 | 67 | | 2004 | 48 | 5 | 53 | | 2005 | 54 | 6 | 60 | | 2006 | 59 | 8 | 67 | | 2007 | 40 | 8 | 48 | | 2008 | 65 | 8 | 73 | | 2009 | 59 | 6 | 65 | | 2010 | 66 | 14 | 80 | | 2011 | 65 | 9 | 74 | | 2012 | 73 | 13 | 86 | | 2013 | 49 | 11 | 60 | | 2014 | 53 | 8 | 61 | | 2015 | 59 | 5 | 64 | | 2016 | 74 | 16 | 90 | | 2017 | 50 | 6 | 56 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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Jackson DJ, Bacharier LB, Mauger DT, Boehmer S, Beigelman A, Chmiel JF, Fitzpatrick AM, Gaffin JM, Morgan WJ, Peters SP, Phipatanakul W, Sheehan WJ, Cabana MD, Holguin F, Martinez FD, Pongracic JA, Baxi SN, Benson M, Blake K, Covar R, Gentile DA, Israel E, Krishnan JA, Kumar HV, Lang JE, Lazarus SC, Lima JJ, Long D, Ly N, Marbin J, Moy JN, Myers RE, Olin JT, Raissy HH, Robison RG, Ross K, Sorkness CA, Lemanske RF. Quintupling Inhaled Glucocorticoids to Prevent Childhood Asthma Exacerbations. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 08; 378(10):891-901.
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Coleman SL, Shaw OM. Progress in the understanding of the pathology of allergic asthma and the potential of fruit proanthocyanidins as modulators of airway inflammation. Food Funct. 2017 Dec 13; 8(12):4315-4324.
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Snieder HM, Nickels S, Gleason M, McFarlane A, Szefler SJ, Allison MA. Stakeholder Perspectives on Optimizing Communication in a School-Centered Asthma Program. J Sch Health. 2017 Dec; 87(12):941-948.
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Anderson WC, Gleason MC, Miyazawa N, Szefler SJ. Approaching Current and New Drug Therapies for Pediatric Asthma. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2017 12; 64(6):1197-1207.
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Kim WJ, Yim JJ, Kim DK, Lee MG, Fuhlbrigge AL, Sliwinski P, Hawrylkiewicz I, Wan ES, Cho MH, Silverman EK. Severe COPD cases from Korea, Poland, and USA have substantial differences in respiratory symptoms and other respiratory illnesses. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2017; 12:3415-3423.
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Bakel LA, Hamid J, Ewusie J, Liu K, Mussa J, Straus S, Parkin P, Cohen E. International Variation in Asthma and Bronchiolitis Guidelines. Pediatrics. 2017 Nov; 140(5).
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Rastogi D, Holguin F. Metabolic Dysregulation, Systemic Inflammation, and Pediatric Obesity-related Asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Nov; 14(Supplement_5):S363-S367.
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Esquivel A, Busse WW, Calatroni A, Togias AG, Grindle KG, Bochkov YA, Gruchalla RS, Kattan M, Kercsmar CM, Khurana Hershey G, Kim H, Lebeau P, Liu AH, Szefler SJ, Teach SJ, West JB, Wildfire J, Pongracic JA, Gern JE. Effects of Omalizumab on Rhinovirus Infections, Illnesses, and Exacerbations of Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 10 15; 196(8):985-992.
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Wilson R, Greenhawt M. Influence of rhinitis control and inspiratory loop flattening on perceived asthma control. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Oct; 119(4):387-389.
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Gelfand EW. Importance of the leukotriene B4-BLT1 and LTB4-BLT2 pathways in asthma. Semin Immunol. 2017 10; 33:44-51.
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