"Cecum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The blind sac or outpouching area of the LARGE INTESTINE that is below the entrance of the SMALL INTESTINE. It has a worm-like extension, the vermiform APPENDIX.
| Descriptor ID |
D002432
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.209 A03.556.249.249.209
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cecum" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Community Referral on Colonoscopy Quality Metrics in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2022 01 01; 13(3):e00460.
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A Simple In Vitro Gut Model for Studying the Interaction between Escherichia coli and the Intestinal Commensal Microbiota in Cecal Mucus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 12 15; 84(24).
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Age-dependent cardiovascular effects of sepsis in a murine model of cecal ligation and puncture: implications for the design of interventional studies. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2018 Nov 01; 315(5):H1356-H1357.
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Anti-inflammatory effects of miR-21 in the macrophage response to peritonitis. J Leukoc Biol. 2016 Feb; 99(2):361-71.
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Endoparasites of fat-tailed mouse opossums (Thylamys: Didelphidae) from northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia, with the description of a new species of tapeworm. J Parasitol. 2008 Oct; 94(5):1098-102.
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The innate immune response to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by macrophages is dependent on TREM2-DAP12. Infect Immun. 2008 Jun; 76(6):2439-47.
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Role of motility and the flhDC Operon in Escherichia coli MG1655 colonization of the mouse intestine. Infect Immun. 2007 Jul; 75(7):3315-24.
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Glycolytic and gluconeogenic growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (EDL933) and E. coli K-12 (MG1655) in the mouse intestine. Infect Immun. 2004 Mar; 72(3):1666-76.
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Sodium (2-sulfonatoethyl) methanethiosulfonate prevents S-nitroso-L-cysteine activation of Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels in myocytes of the guinea-pig taenia caeca. Br J Pharmacol. 2003 Jul; 139(6):1153-63.
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An Escherichia coli MG1655 lipopolysaccharide deep-rough core mutant grows and survives in mouse cecal mucus but fails to colonize the mouse large intestine. Infect Immun. 2003 Apr; 71(4):2142-52.