 Capillaries
"Capillaries" 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 minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules.
| Descriptor ID |
D002196
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.461.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Sinusoidal Beds- Sinusoidal Beds
- Bed, Sinusoidal
- Beds, Sinusoidal
- Sinusoidal Bed
- Sinusoids
- Sinusoid
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Capillaries" by people in this website by year, and whether "Capillaries" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2004 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Capillaries" by people in Profiles.
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Majka SM, Niethamer TK, Caporarello N, Thorndyke HF, Clair G, West JD, Karmouty-Quintana H, Alvira CM. Piecing together the alveolar-capillary unit: arterial-venous capillary polarization. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2026 Jul 01; 331(1):L57-L69.
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Jonnadula GB, Ravichandran S, Rothstein A, Brown K, Dhakal R, Khanal S, Grant MB, Arthur E. Association and Multimodal Model of Retinal Mid-Peripheral Capillary Free Zones with Structural and Functional Parameters in Diabetic Patients Without Clinical Retinopathy. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2026 May; 46(2):198-210.
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Nam MH, Nahomi RB, Suk J, Panja S, Smith WC, Shan Y, Fort PE, Nagaraj RH. DJ-1 Protects Human Retinal Endothelial Cells From Diabetes-Related Conditions and Prevents Ischemic Damage in Mouse Retinal Capillaries. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2025 Nov 03; 66(14):8.
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Dear TB, Chang EI, Al-Juboori SI, Stremming J, Wesolowski SR, Jonker SS, Rozance PJ, Dobrinskikh E, Brown LD. Slow-twitch oxidative myofiber proportions and capillary number per myofiber are reduced in growth-restricted fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2025 12 01; 329(6):R907-R919.
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Dooley G, Godbole S, Wrobel J, Henthorn T, Brooks-Russell A, Limbacher S, Kosnett M. Comparison of ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol in venous and capillary blood following ad libitum cannabis smoking by occasional and daily users. J Anal Toxicol. 2025 Sep 01; 49(7):476-484.
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Stamenkovic S, Schmid F, Gurler G, Abolmaali F, Weitermann NA, Takasaki KT, Bonney SK, Sosa MJ, Bennett HC, Kim Y, Waters J, Shih AY. Impaired capillary-venous drainage contributes to gliosis and demyelination in mouse white matter during aging. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Sep; 28(9):1868-1882.
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Mills WA, Savory NA, Lopez-Ortiz AO, Lentferink DH, González Ibáñez F, Agochi P, Rastegar E, Gupta A, Gupta D, Suram A, Isakson BE, Tremblay MÈ, Eyo UB. Microglial cyclooxygenase-1 modulates cerebral capillary basal tone in vivo in mice. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 01; 16(1):5704.
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Arthur E, Ravichandran S, Rothstein A, Brown K, Jonnadula GB, Murchison CF, Grant MB. Retinal Mid-Peripheral Capillary Free Zones Are Enlarged in Diabetic Patients With No Evidence of Clinical Retinopathy. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Jul 01; 14(7):10.
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Thorndyke HF, Lundberg EP, Ortiz Gaxon E, Dawson MM, Mason EC, Hollaway JM, Vladar EK, Coronado Escobar D, Majka SM. Development of novel technology for the visualization and quantitation of angiogenesis and the alveolar-capillary network in a mouse model of fibrosis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025 06 01; 328(6):L866-L876.
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Ferris HR, Jeffrey DA, Guerrero MB, Birnbaumer L, Zheng F, Dabertrand F. Increased luminal pressure in brain capillaries drives TRPC3-dependent depolarization and constriction of transitional pericytes. Sci Signal. 2025 Apr 29; 18(884):eads1903.
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