"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in Profiles.
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Kim HJ, Kim YH, Yook HJ, Oh HJ, Min KH, Han KD, Park YG, Lee YB, Lee JH. Lower total cholesterol and HDL-C levels are associated with increased risk of Beh?et's disease in a prospective nationwide Korean study. Sci Rep. 2025 May 01; 15(1):15272.
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Baumer Y, Irei J, Boisvert WA. Cholesterol crystals in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2025 May; 22(5):315-332.
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Sun H, Yang T, Simon RP, Xiong ZG, Leng T. Role of Cholesterol Metabolic Enzyme CYP46A1 and Its Metabolite 24S-Hydroxycholesterol in Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2024 10; 55(10):2492-2501.
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Song B, Korolkova O. Bafilomycin A1 Inhibits HIV-1 Infection by Disrupting Lysosomal Cholesterol Transport. Viruses. 2024 08 29; 16(9).
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Dang L, Li D, Mu Q, Zhang N, Li C, Wang M, Tian H, Jha R, Li C. Youth-derived Lactobacillus rhamnosus with prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharide exhibits anti-hyperlipidemic effects as a novel synbiotic. Food Res Int. 2024 Nov; 195:114976.
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Ross EJ, Jimenez DE, Ghanooni D, Mendez A, Hirshfield S, Horvath KJ, DeVries B, Dilworth SE, Carrico AW, Martinez CA. Loneliness, Methamphetamine Use, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Men in the COVID-19 Era. Int J Behav Med. 2025 Apr; 32(2):267-275.
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Saad EA, Hassan HA, Ghoneum MH, Alaa El-Dein M. Edible wild plants, chicory and purslane, alleviated diabetic testicular dysfunction, and insulin resistance via suppression 8OHdg and oxidative stress in rats. PLoS One. 2024; 19(4):e0301454.
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Jun SY, Yoon HR, Yoon JY, Lee JJ, Kim JY, Kim JM, Kim NS. Age-related cholesterol and colorectal cancer progression: Validating squalene epoxidase for high-risk cases. Aging Cell. 2024 Jul; 23(7):e14152.
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Nes WD, Chaudhuri M, Leaver DJ. Druggable Sterol Metabolizing Enzymes in Infectious Diseases: Cell Targets to Therapeutic Leads. Biomolecules. 2024 Feb 20; 14(3).
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Arif M, Mondal T, Majeed A, Loffredo CA, Korba BE, Ghosh S. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-a (PPARa) Expression in a Clinical Population of Pakistani Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 16; 23(18).