"Cockroaches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Insects of the order Dictyoptera comprising several families including Blaberidae, BLATTELLIDAE, Blattidae (containing the American cockroach PERIPLANETA americana), Cryptocercidae, and Polyphagidae.
| Descriptor ID |
D003058
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.140
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| Concept/Terms |
Cockroaches- Cockroaches
- Cockroache
- Dictyoptera
- Dictyopteras
- Cockroach
- Cockroachs
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cockroaches" by people in Profiles.
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De novo transcriptome of the Hemimetabolous German cockroach (Blattella germanica). PLoS One. 2014; 9(9):e106932.
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CRTH2 antagonism significantly ameliorates airway hyperreactivity and downregulates inflammation-induced genes in a mouse model of airway inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Nov; 295(5):L767-79.
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Role of metalloelastase in a model of allergic lung responses induced by cockroach allergen. Am J Pathol. 2004 Dec; 165(6):1921-30.
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Endobronchial cockroach: an unusual foreign body aspiration. J Emerg Med. 1997 Jul-Aug; 15(4):487-9.