 Skin
"Skin" 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 outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
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D012867
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A17.815
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Skin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Skin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 1997 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 1998 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 1999 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2000 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2001 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2002 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2003 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2004 | 3 | 12 | 15 | | 2005 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2006 | 8 | 12 | 20 | | 2007 | 6 | 14 | 20 | | 2008 | 11 | 12 | 23 | | 2009 | 10 | 8 | 18 | | 2010 | 16 | 12 | 28 | | 2011 | 14 | 6 | 20 | | 2012 | 10 | 13 | 23 | | 2013 | 18 | 7 | 25 | | 2014 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2015 | 14 | 10 | 24 | | 2016 | 12 | 15 | 27 | | 2017 | 20 | 14 | 34 | | 2018 | 13 | 21 | 34 | | 2019 | 11 | 20 | 31 | | 2020 | 16 | 22 | 38 | | 2021 | 9 | 15 | 24 | | 2022 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 2023 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2024 | 7 | 16 | 23 | | 2025 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2026 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skin" by people in Profiles.
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Costa FG. mSphere of Influence: Understanding atopic disease through the dynamics of skin-microbe interactions. mSphere. 2026 Jul 28; 11(7):e0079725.
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Warnken SG, Kibbie J, Larson A, Chatfield KC, Bruckner AL. Neonatal KLHL24-Associated Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex: Clinical Presentation and Genetic Confirmation of a Rare Skin Fragility Syndrome. Pediatr Dermatol. 2026 Jul-Aug; 43(4):921-924.
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John MS, Chinnappan M, Sturges CI, Artami M, Bhattacharya M, Keogh RA, Kavanaugh JS, Jain S, Gedamu H, Komarovsky J, Velasquez M, Sharma T, McDonald JG, Horswill AR, Harris-Tryon TA. Skin androgens regulate Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity via quorum sensing. Nat Microbiol. 2026 Mar; 11(3):704-717.
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Palanki R, Fitzgerald E, Poirier AJ, Mitchell MJ. Editing the skin in place: In vivo genome correction of rare skin disease. Cell Stem Cell. 2026 Feb 05; 33(2):170-172.
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Natsch A, Griem P, Irizar A, Bridges J, Vey M, Lee I, Api AM, Kern P, Kimber I. Derivation of a Point of Departure using NAMs for application in Quantitative Risk Assessment of fragrance materials. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2026 May; 167:106052.
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Bhattacharya M, Spencer BL, Kwiecinski JM, Podkowik M, Putzel G, Pironti A, Shopsin B, Doran KS, Horswill AR. Collagen binding adhesin restricts Staphylococcus aureus skin infection. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 23; 17(1).
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Coughlin DG, Adler CH, Barbosa W, Feuerstein J, Galasko D, Gunzler SA, Jimenez-Shahed J, Kannarkat GT, Lang AE, Martinez-Lemus JD, LeWitt PA, Pantelyat A, Schiess MC, Schwarzschild M, Siderowf AD, Simuni T, Tropea TF, Thordarson D, Vila C, Adams JL, Rosenthal L. CSF a-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Skin Immunofluorescence: Clinical Applications, Research Opportunities, and Knowledge Gaps. Neurology. 2026 Feb 10; 106(3):e214648.
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Magro CM, Kessler E, Foster K, Shapiro L. The Evolution in the Cutaneous and Gastrointestinal Pathology of Pediatric Kohlmeier-Degos Disease Under Combined Modality Therapy. Am J Dermatopathol. 2026 Mar 01; 48(3):208-215.
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Rathan-Kumar S, Ripperger MA, Westlake GM, Ess KC. Long-term culture of skin biopsies: maintenance of fibroblast production and competency of reprogramming. FEBS Open Bio. 2026 Feb; 16(2):397-411.
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Nguyen A, Bunch ZL, Martinez-Aldino IY, Rangel-Grimaldo M, Tak U, Thorstenson JC, Severn MM, Nakatsuji T, Gallo RL, Graf TN, Oberlies NH, Chekan JR, Cech NB, Horswill AR. An antimicrobial daptide from human skin commensal Staphylococcus hominis protects against skin pathogens. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 11; 16(1):11459.
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