"Digestive System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of organs stretching from the MOUTH to the ANUS, serving to breakdown foods, assimilate nutrients, and eliminate waste. In humans, the digestive system includes the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and the accessory glands (LIVER; BILIARY TRACT; PANCREAS).
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D004064
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Digestive System" by people in Profiles.
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Bello SA, Abreu-Irizarry RJ, Garc?a-Arrar?s JE. Primary cell cultures of regenerating holothurian tissues. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1189:283-97.
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Lucas KJ, Zhao B, Roy S, Gervaise AL, Raikhel AS. Mosquito-specific microRNA-1890 targets the juvenile hormone-regulated serine protease JHA15 in the female mosquito gut. RNA Biol. 2015; 12(12):1383-90.
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Liu S, Lucas KJ, Roy S, Ha J, Raikhel AS. Mosquito-specific microRNA-1174 targets serine hydroxymethyltransferase to control key functions in the gut. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Oct 07; 111(40):14460-5.
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Abubucker S, Segata N, Goll J, Schubert AM, Izard J, Cantarel BL, Rodriguez-Mueller B, Zucker J, Thiagarajan M, Henrissat B, White O, Kelley ST, Meth? B, Schloss PD, Gevers D, Mitreva M, Huttenhower C. Metabolic reconstruction for metagenomic data and its application to the human microbiome. PLoS Comput Biol. 2012; 8(6):e1002358.
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Robinson CJ, Schloss P, Ramos Y, Raffa K, Handelsman J. Robustness of the bacterial community in the cabbage white butterfly larval midgut. Microb Ecol. 2010 Feb; 59(2):199-211.
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Millien G, Beane J, Lenburg M, Tsao PN, Lu J, Spira A, Ramirez MI. Characterization of the mid-foregut transcriptome identifies genes regulated during lung bud induction. Gene Expr Patterns. 2008 Jan; 8(2):124-39.
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Aidoo M, Otten RA, Rodriguez V, Sariol CA, Martinez M, Kraiselburd E, Robinson H, Folks T, Butera S, Ellenberger D. Absence of SHIV infection in gut and lymph node tissues in rhesus monkeys after repeated rectal challenges following HIV-1 DNA/MVA immunizations. Vaccine. 2007 Aug 29; 25(35):6474-81.
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Lozupone CA, Hamady M, Kelley ST, Knight R. Quantitative and qualitative beta diversity measures lead to different insights into factors that structure microbial communities. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Mar; 73(5):1576-85.
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Ahanya SN, Lakshmanan J, Morgan BL, Ross MG. Meconium passage in utero: mechanisms, consequences, and management. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2005 Jan; 60(1):45-56; quiz 73-4.
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Clark MC, Dever TE, Dever JJ, Xu P, Rehder V, Sosa MA, Baro DJ. Arthropod 5-HT2 receptors: a neurohormonal receptor in decapod crustaceans that displays agonist independent activity resulting from an evolutionary alteration to the DRY motif. J Neurosci. 2004 Mar 31; 24(13):3421-35.