Zinc

"Zinc" 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 metallic element of atomic number 30 and atomic weight 65.38. It is a necessary trace element in the diet, forming an essential part of many enzymes, and playing an important role in protein synthesis and in cell division. Zinc deficiency is associated with ANEMIA, short stature, HYPOGONADISM, impaired WOUND HEALING, and geophagia. It is known by the symbol Zn.

Descriptor ID	D015032
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.556.940 D01.268.956.906 D01.552.544.940
Concept/Terms	Zinc Zinc

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

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Metals, Heavy [D01.268.556]
Zinc [D01.268.556.940]
Transition Elements [D01.268.956]
Zinc [D01.268.956.906]
Metals [D01.552]
Metals, Heavy [D01.552.544]
Zinc [D01.552.544.940]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Zinc".

Zinc
Zinc Isotopes

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Zinc" by people in this website by year, and whether "Zinc" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 76 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2012 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	1	1	2
1998	1	2	3
1999	1	1	2
2000	0	1	1
2001	2	0	2
2002	1	2	3
2003	2	1	3
2004	1	1	2
2005	3	1	4
2006	2	0	2
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	0	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	3	1	4
2011	2	0	2
2012	4	1	5
2013	2	3	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	2	2	4
2016	1	2	3
2017	0	1	1
2018	2	2	4
2019	1	2	3
2020	0	2	2
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	2	3
2024	1	2	3

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Patidar KR, Tu W, Cotter TG, Simonetto DA, Asgharpour A, Jan MY, Tang Q, Yu Y, Li Y, Taiwo M, Thevkar Nagesh P, Dasarathy S, Kamath PS, McClain CJ, Chalasani N, Szabo G, Bataller R, Mitchell M, Mehal WZ, Nagy LE, Shah VH, Gawrieh S, Sanyal AJ. Acute kidney injury in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis treated with anakinra plus zinc or prednisone. Hepatology. 2025 Apr 01; 81(4):1256-1268.

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Gawrieh S, Dasarathy S, Tu W, Kamath PS, Chalasani NP, McClain CJ, Bataller R, Szabo G, Tang Q, Radaeva S, Barton B, Nagy LE, Shah VH, Sanyal AJ, Mitchell MC. Randomized trial of anakinra plus zinc vs. prednisone for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis. J Hepatol. 2024 May; 80(5):684-693.

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Kim EY, Verdejo-Torres O, Diaz-Rodriguez K, Hasanain F, Caromile L, Padilla-Benavides T. Single nucleotide polymorphisms and Zn transport by ZIP11 shape functional phenotypes of HeLa cells. Metallomics. 2024 02 07; 16(2).

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Polanco A, Liang G, Park S, Wang Y, Graham RJ, Yoon S. Trace metal optimization in CHO cell culture through statistical design of experiments. Biotechnol Prog. 2023 Nov-Dec; 39(6):e3368.

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Nelson SJ, Williams JT, Buglino JA, Nambi S, Lojek LJ, Glickman MS, Ioerger TR, Sassetti CM. The Rip1 intramembrane protease contributes to iron and zinc homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mSphere. 2023 08 24; 8(4):e0038922.

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Zambelli B, Basak P, Hu H, Piccioli M, Musiani F, Broll V, Imbert L, Boisbouvier J, Maroney MJ, Ciurli S. The structure of the high-affinity nickel-binding site in the Ni,Zn-HypA?UreE2 complex. Metallomics. 2023 03 06; 15(3).

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Mao M, Zhu S, Zhang L, Liu F, Kong L, Xue Y, Rotello VM, Han Y. An Extracellular Matrix-like Surface for Zn Alloy to Enhance Bone Regeneration. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Sep 28; 14(38):43955-43964.

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Szabo G, Mitchell M, McClain CJ, Dasarathy S, Barton B, McCullough AJ, Nagy LE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Tornai D, Min HA, Radaeva S, Holbein MEB, Casey L, Cuthbert J. IL-1 receptor antagonist plus pentoxifylline and zinc for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis. Hepatology. 2022 10; 76(4):1058-1068.

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Parisutham V, Chhabra S, Ali MZ, Brewster RC. Tunable transcription factor library for robust quantification of regulatory properties in Escherichia coli. Mol Syst Biol. 2022 06; 18(6):e10843.

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Wu T, Gagnon A, McGourty K, DosSantos R, Chanetsa L, Zhang B, Bello D, Kelleher SL. Zinc Exposure Promotes Commensal-to-Pathogen Transition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Leading to Mucosal Inflammation and Illness in Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 11; 22(24).

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