"Tropism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The directional growth of an organism in response to an external stimulus such as light, touch, or gravity. Growth towards the stimulus is a positive tropism; growth away from the stimulus is a negative tropism. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
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D018523
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.249.845 G15.920
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tropism" by people in Profiles.
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Understanding of Ovarian Cancer Cell-Derived Exosome Tropism for Future Therapeutic Applications. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 May 03; 24(9).
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Central role of metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi tropism and Chagas disease pathogenesis. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2021 10; 63:204-209.
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Quo vadis? Central Rules of Pathogen and Disease Tropism. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021; 11:640987.
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Mapping of host-parasite-microbiome interactions reveals metabolic determinants of tropism and tolerance in Chagas disease. Sci Adv. 2020 07; 6(30):eaaz2015.
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Precision mouse models with expanded tropism for human pathogens. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 10; 37(10):1163-1173.
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Location, Location, Location: Five Facts about Tissue Tropism and Pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog. 2016 05; 12(5):e1005519.
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Whole-genome association study on tissue tropism phenotypes in group A Streptococcus. J Bacteriol. 2011 Dec; 193(23):6651-63.
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Vitronectin: a possible determinant of adenovirus type 19 tropism for human corneal epithelium. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Sep; 140(3):363-9.