Caenorhabditis elegans

"Caenorhabditis elegans" 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.

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A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.

Descriptor ID	D017173
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660.250.250
Concept/Terms	Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegan elegan, Caenorhabditis

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Caenorhabditis elegans".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Nematoda [B01.050.500.500.294]
Chromadorea [B01.050.500.500.294.400]
Rhabditida [B01.050.500.500.294.400.875]
Rhabditoidea [B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660]
Caenorhabditis [B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660.250]
Caenorhabditis elegans [B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.660.250.250]

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Bar chart showing 550 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	9	0	9
1997	5	2	7
1998	5	0	5
1999	8	4	12
2000	8	1	9
2001	8	2	10
2002	10	5	15
2003	12	5	17
2004	10	3	13
2005	13	4	17
2006	18	7	25
2007	4	5	9
2008	14	3	17
2009	16	3	19
2010	17	4	21
2011	20	2	22
2012	20	7	27
2013	21	5	26
2014	14	9	23
2015	23	8	31
2016	20	7	27
2017	10	3	13
2018	20	2	22
2019	16	9	25
2020	14	3	17
2021	21	6	27
2022	14	7	21
2023	9	7	16
2024	15	4	19
2025	16	3	19
2026	8	2	10

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Seyedolmohadesin M, Fu X, Torkashvand M, Rasouli S, Lang S, Li L, Kalinski C, Cook SJ, Schroeder FC, Yemini E, Venkatachalam V. Whole-brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes. Curr Biol. 2026 Sep 21; 36(18):4803-4816.e4.

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Chen S, Prescott LH, Mello CC, Phillips CM. Systematic identification of germ granule proteins reveals specialized roles in RNAi and small RNA inheritance. Genes Dev. 2026 Aug 26; 40(17-18):1484-1507.

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Biswas K, Moore C, Rogers H, Wani KA, Mushtaq A, Pukkila-Worley R, Higgins DP, Walker AK, Mullen GP, Rand JB, Francis MM. Transcriptional responses to chronic oxidative stress require cholinergic activation of G-protein-coupled receptor signaling. Elife. 2026 Jun 08; 14.

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Vasquez-Rifo A, Susorov D, Sholi EH, Demo G, Jami Y, Sha J, Wohlschlegel JA, Korostelev A, Ambros V. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa ribonuclease Ribocin cleaves eukaryotic ribosomes at helix 69 to inhibit host translation. PLoS Biol. 2026 May; 24(5):e3003790.

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Nelson C, Ambros V. Multi-dimensional regulation of LIN-28 temporal expression dynamics in the C. elegans heterochronic gene cascade. Development. 2026 05 15; 153(10).

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Varderesian HV, Utaegbulam JN, Brown HE, Ramirez B, Velcani M, Ryder SP. The pos-1 3' untranslated region governs germline specification and proliferation to ensure reproductive robustness. PLoS Genet. 2026 Apr; 22(4):e1012129.

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Giese GE, Richards DM, Florman JT, Starbard AN, Xu AA, Durning DJ, Alkema MJ, Walhout AJM. Bacteria producing the bioplastic polyhydroxybutyrate kill the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Biol. 2026 Apr; 24(4):e3003748.

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Oliver DB, Ramachandran S, Biswas K, Bénard CY, Doitsidou M, McKillop H, Genao N, Lemons ML, Francis MM. Genome-wide analysis reveals pathways important for the development and maturation of excitatory synaptic connections to GABAergic neurons. G3 (Bethesda). 2026 04 01; 16(4).

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Galambos NS, Crocker OJ, Schneider BK, Allerton KS, Gross KE, Schneider AE, Lynch J, Yukselen O, Kucukural A, Conine CC. tRNA-derived RNA processing in sperm transmits non-genetically inherited phenotypes to offspring in C. elegans. Nat Commun. 2026 Mar 15; 17(1).

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Valenzuela-Villatoro M, de la Cruz-Ruiz P, Guerrero-Gómez D, Gómez-Orte E, Schiavi A, Maglioni S, Montero M, Fonteriz RI, Casas-Martínez JC, Briand NE, Xu J, Rodriguez-Palero MJ, Artal-Sanz M, Olek K, Polaczyk J, Turek M, Pokrzywa W, Xu S, Irazoqui JE, McDonagh B, Álvarez J, Olmedo M, Ventura N, Cabello J, Miranda-Vizuete A. Mitochondrial redox homeostasis links organellar stress surveillance to germline and somatic integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Redox Biol. 2026 Jun; 93:104115.

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