"Cytokines" 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.
Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner.
| Descriptor ID |
D016207
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374 D12.776.467.374 D23.529.374
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2011 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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