"Cholesterol" 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 principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.
| Descriptor ID |
D002784
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.284 D04.210.500.247.808.197 D10.570.938.208
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cholesterol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in Profiles.
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Wang R, Fortier TM, Sun X, Chai F, Velentzas PD, Baehrecke EH. Cholesterol transfer proteins promote Atg-independent ER clearance by lysosomes. Cell Rep. 2026 Jun 23; 45(6):117537.
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Groenwold ET, Montulet A, Stan T, van de Vijver D, McCorquodale D, McHugh N, Echeverria D, Winter CT, van de Wal M, O'Reilly D, Khvorova A, Aartsma-Rus A, Damha MJ. Conjugated Antisense Oligonucleotides for Skipping of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Exon 53: A Cautionary Study. Nucleic Acid Ther. 2026 Apr; 36(2):100-108.
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L?bbering N, Krogmann A, Jansen F, Latz E, Nickenig G, Zimmer S. Cyclodextrin reduces cholesterol crystal uptake by circulating monocytes in patients undergoing coronary angiography. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0338635.
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Chang SY, McAnena AP, Kim J, Song J. Tuning Hyaluronic Acid Microstructures by Engineered Amphiphilicity: From Dynamically Cross-Linked Gels to Multilayered Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 Jun 04; 17(22):31909-31922.
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Dang EV, Reboldi A. Cholesterol sensing and metabolic adaptation in tissue immunity. Trends Immunol. 2024 11; 45(11):861-870.
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Burns JD. Serum Cholesterol and Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: More Smoke, Still no Fire. Neurocrit Care. 2024 08; 41(1):9-10.
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Ko YA, Billheimer JT, Lyssenko NN, Kueider-Paisley A, Wolk DA, Arnold SE, Leung YY, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Kaddurah-Daouk RF, Kling MA, Rader DJ. ApoJ/Clusterin concentrations are determinants of cerebrospinal fluid cholesterol efflux capacity and reduced levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2022 12 26; 14(1):194.
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Hernandez-Cravero B, Gallino S, Florman J, Vranych C, Diaz P, Elgoyhen AB, Alkema MJ, de Mendoza D. Cannabinoids activate the insulin pathway to modulate mobilization of cholesterol in C. elegans. PLoS Genet. 2022 11; 18(11):e1010346.
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Frascoli M, Reboldi A, Kang J. Dietary Cholesterol Metabolite Regulation of Tissue Immune Cell Development and Function. J Immunol. 2022 08 15; 209(4):645-653.
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Biscans A, Ly S, McHugh N, Cooper DA, Khvorova A. Engineered ionizable lipid siRNA conjugates enhance endosomal escape but induce toxicity in vivo. J Control Release. 2022 09; 349:831-843.