 Sputum
"Sputum" 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.
Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated via the mouth. It contains MUCUS, cellular debris, and microorganisms. It may also contain blood or pus.
| Descriptor ID |
D013183
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.200.808
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| Concept/Terms |
Sputum, Induced- Sputum, Induced
- Induced Sputum
- Induced Sputums
- Sputums, Induced
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sputum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sputum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2006 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2014 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2015 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2016 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2017 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2018 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2020 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sputum" by people in Profiles.
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Pittman JE, Morgan S, McCreary M, Vu PT, Jorth P, Heltshe S, Hoffman LR, Kelly A, Sagel SD, Singh PK, Solomon GM, Rosenfeld M, Ratjen F. Clinical Effectiveness of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in 6- to 11-Year-Olds with Cystic Fibrosis: An Observational Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Nov; 22(11):1696-1708.
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Sun L, Walls SA, Dang H, Quinney NL, Sears PR, Sadritabrizi T, Hasegawa K, Okuda K, Asakura T, Chang X, Zheng M, Mikami Y, Dizmond FU, Danilova D, Zhou L, Deshmukh A, Cholon DM, Radicioni G, Rogers TD, Kissner WJ, Markovetz MR, Guhr Lee TN, Gutay MI, Esther CR, Chua M, Grubb BR, Ehre C, Kesimer M, Hill DB, Ostrowski LE, Button B, Gentzsch M, Robinson C, Olivier KN, Freeman AF, Randell SH, Vladar E, O'Neal WK, Boucher RC, Chen G. STAT3-Dependent Regulation of CFTR and Ciliogenesis Is Essential for Mucociliary Clearance and Innate Airway Defense in Hyper-IgE Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct; 211(10):1951-1969.
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Hoppe JE, Vigers T, Trujillo A, Hanley E, Sagel SD, Zemanick ET. Impact of Home Collection and Shipping of Respiratory Specimens on Bacterial Pathogen Detection in Children With Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Sep; 60(9):e71289.
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Singh S, Gumbo T, Wang JY, Boorgula GD, Burke A, Huang HL, McShane PJ, Amaro-Galvez R, Gross JE, Aryal S, Heysell SK, Srivastava S. Imipenem Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics in Preclinical Hollow Fiber Model, Dose Finding in Virtual Patients, and Clinical Evidence of Efficacy for Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease. J Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 11; 231(6):1521-1531.
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Wilson TM, Bolt M, Stahly A, Lee JS, Bang TJ, Sachs PB, Deane KD, Humphries SM, Solomon JJ, Demoruelle MK. Transforming growth factor-beta is increased in sputum from individuals with rheumatoid arthritis-associated pulmonary fibrosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Jun 01; 64(6):3989-3995.
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Calhoun KM, Armantrout E, Poch K, Caceres S, Lovell VK, Jones M, Malcolm KC, Vestal B, Wheeler E, Rysavy N, Manzer J, Aboellail I, Chatterjee D, Nick JA. Prospective Analysis of urINe LAM to Eliminate NTM Sputum Screening (PAINLESS) study: Rationale and trial design for testing urine lipoarabinomannan as a marker of NTM lung infection in cystic fibrosis. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0309191.
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Fahy JV, Jackson ND, Sajuthi SP, Pruesse E, Moore CM, Everman JL, Rios C, Tang M, Gauthier M, Wenzel SE, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Hastie AT, Moore W, Israel E, Levy BD, Denlinger L, Jarjour NN, Johansson MW, Mauger DT, Phillips BR, Sumino K, Woodruff PG, Peters MC, Seibold MA. Type 1 Immune Responses Related to Viral Infection Influence Corticosteroid Response in Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb; 211(2):194-204.
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Anderson EJ, Tippett A, Begier E, Gibson T, Ess G, Patel V, Taylor M, Reese O, Salazar L, Jadhao S, Sun HY, Hsiao HM, Gupta S, Li W, Stephens K, Keane A, Ciric C, Hellmeister K, Cheng A, Al-Husein Z, Bristow L, Hubler R, Liu Q, Gessner BD, Jodar L, Swerdlow D, Kalina W, Uppal S, Kamidani S, Rouphael N, Anderson LJ, Rostad CA. Relative Contribution of Diagnostic Testing to the Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Adults in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 16; 230(6):1342-1351.
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Kim M, Parrish RC, Tisza MJ, Shah VS, Tran T, Ross M, Cormier J, Baig A, Huang CY, Brenner L, Neuringer I, Whiteson K, Harris JK, Willis AD, Lai PS. Host DNA depletion on frozen human respiratory samples enables successful metagenomic sequencing for microbiome studies. Commun Biol. 2024 Nov 28; 7(1):1590.
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Gauvreau GM, Sehmi R, FitzGerald JM, Leigh R, Cockcroft DW, Davis BE, Mayers I, Boulet LP, Al-Sajee D, Salter BM, Cusack RP, Ho T, Whetstone CE, Alsaji N, Satia I, Killian KJ, Mitchell PD, Magee IP, Bergeron C, Bhutani M, Werkström V, Durzynski T, Shoemaker K, Katial RK, Jison M, Newbold P, McCrae C, O'Byrne PM. Benralizumab for allergic asthma: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Eur Respir J. 2024 Sep; 64(3).
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