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.

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The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.

Descriptor ID	D012867
MeSH Number(s)	A17.815
Concept/Terms	Skin Skin

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Anatomy [A]
Integumentary System [A17]
Skin [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.

Bar chart showing 283 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	1	0	1
1998	3	2	5
1999	0	3	3
2000	1	3	4
2001	0	2	2
2002	4	0	4
2003	3	2	5
2004	7	5	12
2005	6	3	9
2006	11	5	16
2007	6	7	13
2008	11	7	18
2009	4	1	5
2010	5	5	10
2011	4	2	6
2012	8	5	13
2013	5	3	8
2014	5	11	16
2015	9	8	17
2016	11	3	14
2017	4	13	17
2018	6	8	14
2019	7	5	12
2020	6	9	15
2021	7	8	15
2022	0	7	7
2023	1	7	8
2024	8	3	11
2025	1	0	1

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Lee JH, Kim J, Jo YC, Jo YH, Jeong YH, Jeong SA, Lim BO, Shin DW. Enhanced Antioxidant and Protective Effects of Fermented Solanum melongena L. Peel Extracts Against Ultraviolet B-Induced Skin Damage. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 28; 17(5).

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Frisoli ML, Ko WC, Martinez N, Afshari K, Wang Y, Garber M, Harris JE. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Molecular Signatures that Distinguish Allergic from Irritant Contact Dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol. 2025 May; 145(5):1117-1126.e14.

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Maloney ME, Potter CT, Chun BD, Montilla RD, Schanbacher CF. Comparative Analysis of Taper Point and Reverse Cutting Needles on Skin Puncture Force. Dermatol Surg. 2025 02 01; 51(2):144-147.

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Shipley R, Seekings AH, Byrne AMP, Shukla S, James J, Goharriz H, Lean FZX, N??ez A, Fooks AR, McElhinney LM, Brookes SM. SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission via the skin to oro-nasal route with the production of bioaerosols in the ferret model. J Gen Virol. 2024 Sep; 105(9).

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Abdi W, Romasco A, Alkurdi D, Santacruz E, Okinedo I, Zhang Y, Kannan S, Shakiba S, Richmond JM. An overview of S100 proteins and their functions in skin homeostasis, interface dermatitis conditions and other skin pathologies. Exp Dermatol. 2024 Aug; 33(8):e15158.

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Shah PN, Romar GA, Manukyan A, Ko WC, Hsieh PC, Velasquez GA, Schunkert EM, Fu X, Guleria I, Bronson RT, Wei K, Waldman AH, Vleugels FR, Liang MG, Giobbie-Hurder A, Mostaghimi A, Schmidt BA, Barrera V, Foreman RK, Garber M, Divito SJ. Systemic and skin-limited delayed-type drug hypersensitivity reactions associate with distinct resident and recruited T cell subsets. J Clin Invest. 2024 Jul 23; 134(17).

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Duran-Padilla M, Serrano-Loyola R, Perez-Garcia A, Carrillo-Betancourt R, Campos-Garc?a Rojas C, Reyes-Alberto M, Franco W, Hernandez-Ruiz J, Gutierrez-Herrera E. Tryptophan intrinsic fluorescence from wound healing correlates with re-epithelialization in a rabbit model. Skin Res Technol. 2024 Jul; 30(7):e13834.

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MacDonald EA, Katz EL, Pearson TF, Harris JE. Performing Suction Blister Skin Biopsies. Curr Protoc. 2024 Jun; 4(6):e1073.

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Johnston LA, Nagalla RR, Li M, Whitley SK. IL-17 Control of Cutaneous Immune Homeostasis. J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Jun; 144(6):1208-1216.

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Gibbons CH, Levine T, Adler C, Bellaire B, Wang N, Stohl J, Agarwal P, Aldridge GM, Barboi A, Evidente VGH, Galasko D, Geschwind MD, Gonzalez-Duarte A, Gil R, Gudesblatt M, Isaacson SH, Kaufmann H, Khemani P, Kumar R, Lamotte G, Liu AJ, McFarland NR, Miglis M, Reynolds A, Sahagian GA, Saint-Hillaire MH, Schwartzbard JB, Singer W, Soileau MJ, Vernino S, Yerstein O, Freeman R. Skin Biopsy Detection of Phosphorylated a-Synuclein in Patients With Synucleinopathies. JAMA. 2024 04 16; 331(15):1298-1306.

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