"Mustard Gas" 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.
Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
Concept/Terms
Mustard Gas- Mustard Gas
- Gas, Mustard
- Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
- Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
- Yperite
- Mustardgas
- Sulfur Mustard
- Mustard, Sulfur
- Yellow Cross Liquid
- Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
- Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mustard Gas" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Mustard Gas" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Mustard Gas" by people in Profiles.
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Insights into mustard gas keratopathy- characterizing corneal layer-specific changes in mice exposed to nitrogen mustard. Exp Eye Res. 2023 11; 236:109657.
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Differential gene expression and protein-protein interaction network profiling of sulfur mustard-exposed rabbit corneas employing RNA-seq data and bioinformatics tools. Exp Eye Res. 2023 10; 235:109644.
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Mustard Gas Exposure Actuates SMAD2/3 Signaling to Promote Myofibroblast Generation in the Cornea. Cells. 2023 06 02; 12(11).
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Mustard gas exposure instigates retinal Müller cell gliosis. Exp Eye Res. 2023 05; 230:109461.
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Time-dependent in situ structural and cellular aberrations in rabbit cornea in vivo after mustard gas exposure. Exp Eye Res. 2022 11; 224:109247.
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Chemical Agent Use in Terrorist Events: A Gathering Storm Requiring Enhanced Civilian Preparedness. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Jun; 37(3):327-332.
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Ocular toxicity of mustard gas: A concise review. Toxicol Lett. 2021 Jun 01; 343:21-27.
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Improving Quantification of tabun, sarin, soman, cyclosarin, and sulfur mustard by focusing agents: A field portable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry study. J Chromatogr A. 2021 Jan 11; 1636:461784.
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Deciphering the role of microRNAs in mustard gas-induced toxicity. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021 05; 1491(1):25-41.
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A Novel Topical Ophthalmic Formulation to Mitigate Acute Mustard Gas Keratopathy In Vivo: A Pilot Study. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 11; 9(12):6.