 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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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1999 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2000 | 12 | 1 | 13 | | 2001 | 17 | 4 | 21 | | 2002 | 23 | 6 | 29 | | 2003 | 34 | 6 | 40 | | 2004 | 29 | 4 | 33 | | 2005 | 33 | 5 | 38 | | 2006 | 39 | 8 | 47 | | 2007 | 30 | 8 | 38 | | 2008 | 51 | 6 | 57 | | 2009 | 36 | 4 | 40 | | 2010 | 48 | 8 | 56 | | 2011 | 48 | 7 | 55 | | 2012 | 46 | 8 | 54 | | 2013 | 36 | 8 | 44 | | 2014 | 32 | 6 | 38 | | 2015 | 33 | 6 | 39 | | 2016 | 69 | 9 | 78 | | 2017 | 58 | 5 | 63 | | 2018 | 65 | 6 | 71 | | 2019 | 47 | 7 | 54 | | 2020 | 60 | 4 | 64 | | 2021 | 60 | 3 | 63 | | 2022 | 65 | 0 | 65 | | 2023 | 65 | 1 | 66 | | 2024 | 57 | 7 | 64 | | 2025 | 51 | 4 | 55 | | 2026 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asthma" by people in Profiles.
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Gorska MM. Early Life Exposure to Air Pollutants and Childhood Asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2026 Sep 15; 26(1).
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Wilson PT, Tanverdi M, Brinton JT, Ambroggio L, Szefler SJ. Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure and Continuous Albuterol for Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 08 03; 9(8):e2630627.
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Roy MK, Fort MP, Valdez-Vormezeele J, Gorman C, Pardo J, Doan T, Dunn A, Messinger A, Perraillon MC, Smyth H, Shergina E, Thompson DA, DeCamp LR. Navigating Together for Equitable Asthma Management for children in families who communicate in languages other than English (Nav-TEAM): A type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Sep; 168:108402.
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Gaietto K, Krupp N, Shah AV, Ararat E, Averill SH, Baxi S, Cernelc-Kohan M, Chambliss JM, Keyser H, Federico M, Geng B, Jefferson AA, Kaviany P, Kertz LC, Kloepfer K, Larkin A, Leibel S, Martinez-Fernandez T, Naime S, Pesek RD, Pillai DK, Rastogi D, Rivera-Spoljaric K, Ross KR, Rosser FJ, Simoneau TC, Tam-Williams J, Tantisira KG, Anderson W, Gaffin JM, Guilbert TW, Forno E. Current Practices and Variations Among Pediatric Severe Asthma Programs in the United States-The North American Severe Pediatric Asthma Consortium. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2026 Jul; 61(7):e71738.
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Hartert T, Rosas-Salazar C, Newcomb DC, Snyder BM, Berdnikovs S, McKennan C, Osmundson S, Liu Z, Tafoya E, Folad W, Simon P, Reiss S, Poleon K, Cephus JY, Kuehnle SN, McKernan KE, Ma S, Anderson LJ, Gebretsadik T. The Wheezing, Asthma and Viral effects on the Epithelial Structure and function (WAVES) birth cohort study: rationale, design and methods to understand airway development and the role of early-life respiratory viral infections on childhood asthma inception. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2026 Jun 09; 13(1).
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Leigh MW, Shapiro AJ, Chawla KK, Hazucha MJ, Brown DE, Lin FC, Jiang L, Carson JL, Davis SD, Dell SD, Sagel SD, Rosenfeld M, Milla C, Sullivan KM, Zariwala MA, Ferkol TW, Knowles MR. Tidal breathing nasal nitric oxide measurement as a test for primary ciliary dyskinesia in young children. Eur Respir J. 2026 Jun; 67(6).
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Clarion J, Berill Z, Susi A, Mitre E, Schwartz D, Nylund CM. Post-COVID-19 onset of allergic conditions in a propensity-matched cohort of children and adults. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2026 Aug; 137(2):185-193.e2.
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Dahl A, Sajuthi S, Rappaport N, Galanter J, Gignoux C, Burchard E, Seibold M, Zaitlen N. Context-specific genetic effects inform endotypes and treatment in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Jul; 158(1):91-103.
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Gabryszewski SJ, Hirabayashi K, Botdorf M, Maltenfort M, Forrest CB, Guilbert TW, Schutt M, Morizono H, Vazquez Garcia G, Garza-Mayers AC, Hernandez JD, Anvari S, Rao S, Spergel JM. Incidence of autoimmune diseases in children with atopy treated with dupilumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026 Aug; 158(2):533-541.
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McCann WA, Chipps BE, Beuther DA, Zeiger RS, Wise RA, George M, Gilbert I, Eudicone JM, Gandhi HN, Cutts K, Harding G, Murphy KR, Reibman J. Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire predicts short- and long-term exacerbation occurrence across asthma severities. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2026 06; 136(6):658-664.
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