 Colon
"Colon" 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 segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON.
| Descriptor ID |
D003106
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.356 A03.556.249.249.356
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| Concept/Terms |
Appendix Epiploica- Appendix Epiploica
- Omental Appendix
- Appendix, Omental
- Omental Appendices
- Appendices, Omental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Colon" by people in this website by year, and whether "Colon" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2014 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2016 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2019 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2020 | 4 | 10 | 14 | | 2021 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2022 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2023 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2025 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colon" by people in Profiles.
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Yang Y, Atkins CL, Fan Y, Hou L, Zhao J, Gao J, Wen Y, Moreno NF, Huang X, Bishehsari F, Czopik AK, Colgan SP, Purnak T, Summa KC, Cong Y, Jacobsen EA, Ju C. Eosinophil-derived COX-2 protects against experimental colitis through the PGE2-IL-22 axis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 May 12; 123(19):e2525334123.
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Burke EG, Callaway KJ, Seger CP, Dumas RP, Zielinski MD, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, McLafferty BJ, Harrell KN, Fleming MM, Meizoso JP, Walker J, Sciarretta JD, Succar BE, Cheng M, Lewis RH, Davis GR, Pulido O, Egodage T, Mooney J, Nguyen S, Kirsch JM, Jose AM, Lumbard D, Finn A, Sheppard K, Shively KS, Butts C, Lasinski AM, Beattie NG, Noory MN, Chaudhary SA, Irish W, Leung P, Luketic K, Noorbakhsh M, Almahmoud K, Cash A, Bernard AC, Kumar A, DeSantis AJ, Kozar RA, Prasad A, Siletz AE, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Tackett N, Mentzer C, Sabu-Kurian A, Bankhead BK, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Chang G, Ramoutar U, Farrell MS, Hamdan M, Wong YM, Deci RT, Fernandez L, Pero B, Palacio CH, Rendon Garcia JJ, Myall JJ, Riggle AJ, Golestani S, Dilday J, Miller A, Taveras L, Grande P, Scott S, Fitzgerald CA. Mechanism-Stratified Complications After Operative Management of Low-Grade Colon Injuries. J Surg Res. 2026 May; 321:452-460.
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Neff CP, Siebert J, Karr M, Lippincott R, Kvaal R, Noe AT, Wall E, Nusbacher N, Fiorillo S, Fennimore BP, Campbell TB, Lozupone C, Palmer BE. Gut microbiome composition influences immunologic alterations in the blood and gut of HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1707736.
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Callahan RC, Curry JC, Bhagavatula G, Staley AW, Schaefer RE, Minhajuddin F, Zhou L, Neuhart RM, Atif SM, Orlicky DJ, Cartwright IM, Gerich ME, Steiner CA, Theiss AL, Hall CH, Colgan SP, Onyiah JC. Epithelial HO-1 regulates iron availability and promotes colonic tumorigenesis in a context-dependent manner. JCI Insight. 2026 Feb 09; 11(3).
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Walrath TM, Evans MR, Meza Monge K, Najarro KM, Orlicky DJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Impaired intestinal cell proliferation parallels increased senescence after burn injury in aged mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2026 Jan 01; 330(1):G1-G9.
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Bhagavatula G, Schaepe C, Colgan S. Measuring Intestinal Barrier Permeability by Detecting Flux of Fluorescent Tracers Across Human Colonoid Monolayers. J Vis Exp. 2025 10 17; (224).
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Fitzgerald CA, Barnes C, Bisgaard EK, McLafferty BJ, Harrell KN, Fleming MM, Meizoso JP, Walker J, Sciarretta JD, Succar BE, Cheng M, Lewis RH, Davis GR, Puli O, Egodage T, Mooney J, Nguyen S, Kirsch JM, Jose AM, Lumbard D, Finn A, Sheppard K, Shively KS, Butts C, Lasinski AM, Beattie NG, Noory MN, Chaudhary SA, Irish W, Leung P, Luketic K, Noorbakhsh M, Almahmoud K, Cash A, Bernard AC, Kumar A, DeSantis AJ, Kozar RA, Prasad A, Siletz AE, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Tackett N, Mentzer C, Sabu-Kurian A, Bankhead BK, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Chang G, Ramoutar U, Farrell MS, Hamdan M, Wong YM, Deci RT, Fernandez L, Pero B, Palacio CH, Rendon Garcia JJ, Myall JJ, Riggle AJ, Golestani S, Dilday J, Miller A, Taveras L, Grande P, Scott S, Dumas RP. Primary repair versus resection for American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grades I and II colon injuries: Does the management approach really matter? An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 07 01; 99(1):105-112.
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Vincent SA, Evans LL, Tong S, Mashhadi MP, Arnold M, Lovell M, Bischoff A, De La Torre L. Does the absence of hypertrophic nerves on rectal biopsy predict long-segment or total colonic aganglionosis? Pediatr Surg Int. 2025 Jun 04; 41(1):158.
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Loh L, Orlicky DJ, Spengler A, Domenico J, Klarquist J, Levens C, Celli S, Kofonow JM, Robertson CE, Lantz O, Legoux F, Frank DN, Matsuda J, Norman PJ, Kuhn KA, Onyiah J, Gapin L. MAIT cells exacerbate colonic inflammation in a genetically diverse murine model of spontaneous colitis. Mucosal Immunol. 2025 Aug; 18(4):958-972.
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Lee JS, Kao DJ, Worledge CS, Villamaria ZF, Wang RX, Welch NM, Kostelecky RE, Colgan SP. E. coli genetically modified for purine nucleobase release promotes butyrate generation and colonic wound healing during DSS insult. Gut Microbes. 2025 Dec; 17(1):2490211.
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