Iron

"Iron" 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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A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN.

Descriptor ID	D007501
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.556.412 D01.268.956.287 D01.552.544.412
Concept/Terms	Iron Iron Iron-56 Iron 56

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Metals, Heavy [D01.268.556]
Iron [D01.268.556.412]
Transition Elements [D01.268.956]
Iron [D01.268.956.287]
Metals [D01.552]
Metals, Heavy [D01.552.544]
Iron [D01.552.544.412]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Iron".

Iron
Iron Isotopes

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Iron" by people in this website by year, and whether "Iron" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 216 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	1	2	3
2000	3	5	8
2001	1	5	6
2002	2	3	5
2003	5	6	11
2004	6	4	10
2005	8	3	11
2006	5	3	8
2007	6	4	10
2008	6	0	6
2009	6	5	11
2010	10	6	16
2011	2	4	6
2012	7	6	13
2013	4	2	6
2014	6	4	10
2015	6	1	7
2016	3	4	7
2017	4	3	7
2018	6	4	10
2019	2	1	3
2020	4	0	4
2021	4	2	6
2022	1	5	6
2023	3	4	7
2024	5	5	10
2025	2	3	5
2026	0	1	1

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Anderson CM, Mattenberger Y, Parga A, Portalier H, Tan CAZ, Esteban Henao M, Viollier PH, Kline KA. Enterococcus faecalis alters antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa mixed-species biofilms. J Bacteriol. 2026 May 21; 208(5):e0054825.

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Salimgareeva E, Konovalova M, Lykova M, Gerasimova E, Ivanova A, Kopchuk D, Krinochkin A, Rammohan A, Shabunina O, Zyryanov G. The new optical test system for semi-quantitative determination of antioxidant capacity using complexes of the iron with 2,2'-bipyridine derivatives. J Inorg Biochem. 2025 Dec; 273:113039.

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Tran HTM, Pham GH, Le TV, Nguyen HT, Hoang TM, Tran SV, Nguyen KM. Two-step reaction using Fenton and ozone in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for removing chlorophenoxyacetic acid herbicides from water. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2025 Jul; 32(31):18678-18693.

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Gonz?lez K, Montanares M, Gallardo M, Gil-Dur?n C, Forero AM, Rodr?guez J, Jim?nez C, Vaca I, Ch?vez R. Molecular basis for the biosynthesis of the siderophore coprogen in the cheese-ripening fungus Penicillium roqueforti. Biol Res. 2025 Jul 21; 58(1):51.

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Ma C, Wurlitzer K, Nunes LGA, Hoffmann PR, Pitts MW. Iron and selenium: At the crossroads of development and death in oligodendrocytes. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2025 Sep; 771:110509.

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Garcia-Baez J, Chaves-Negr?n I, Javadov S, Bazil JN, Chapa-Dubocq XR. Developing a physiologically relevant cell model of ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes. Free Radic Biol Med. 2025 Jun; 233:330-339.

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Puentes B, Souto A, Balado M, Rodr?guez J, Osorio CR, Jim?nez C, Lemos ML. A novel genomic island encodes vibrioferrin synthesis in the marine pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae. Microb Pathog. 2025 Feb; 199:107218.

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Yadav A, Hiremath N, Saini B, Matsagar BM, Han PC, Ujihara M, Modi MH, Wu KC, Sharma RK, Vankayala R, Dutta S. Coordinately unsaturated single Fe-atoms with N vacancies and enhanced sp3 carbon defects in Fe-N(sp2)-C structural units for suppression of cancer cell metabolism and electrochemical oxygen evolution. Nanoscale. 2024 Nov 28; 16(46):21416-21430.

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Yalcin YS, Gichuki S, Chen H, Arumanayagam AS, Malwalage SM, Sitther V. Comparative lipidome and transcriptome provide novel insights into zero-valent iron nanoparticle-treated Fremyella diplosiphon. Sci Rep. 2024 11 26; 14(1):29380.

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Chuang AE, Tao YK, Dong SW, Nguyen HT, Liu CH. Polypyrrole/iron-glycol chitosan nanozymes mediate M1 macrophages to enhance the X-ray-triggered photodynamic therapy for bladder cancer by promoting antitumor immunity. Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Nov; 280(Pt 4):135608.

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