"Chorionic Villi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Threadlike vascular projections of the chorion. Chorionic villi may be free or embedded within the DECIDUA forming the site for exchange of substances between fetal and maternal blood (PLACENTA).
| Descriptor ID |
D002824
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.615.284.473.200 A16.254.750.473.200 A16.710.189
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| Concept/Terms |
Chorionic Villi- Chorionic Villi
- Chorionic Villus
- Villi, Chorionic
- Villus, Chorionic
- Placental Villi
- Placental Villus
- Villi, Placental
- Villus, Placental
Labyrinthine Placenta- Labyrinthine Placenta
- Placental Labyrinth Layer
- Labyrinth Layer, Placental
- Placental Labyrinth Layers
- Labyrinth of the Placenta
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chorionic Villi" by people in Profiles.
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Moore GE, Ishida M, Demetriou C, Al-Olabi L, Leon LJ, Thomas AC, Abu-Amero S, Frost JM, Stafford JL, Chaoqun Y, Duncan AJ, Baigel R, Brimioulle M, Iglesias-Platas I, Apostolidou S, Aggarwal R, Whittaker JC, Syngelaki A, Nicolaides KH, Regan L, Monk D, Stanier P. The role and interaction of imprinted genes in human fetal growth. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2015 Mar 05; 370(1663):20140074.
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Demetriou C, Abu-Amero S, Thomas AC, Ishida M, Aggarwal R, Al-Olabi L, Leon LJ, Stafford JL, Syngelaki A, Peebles D, Nicolaides KH, Regan L, Stanier P, Moore GE. Paternally expressed, imprinted insulin-like growth factor-2 in chorionic villi correlates significantly with birth weight. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e85454.
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Sarkar S, Tsai SW, Nguyen TT, Plevyak M, Padbury JF, Rubin LP. Inhibition of placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 by catecholamines via alpha-adrenergic signaling. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2001 Dec; 281(6):R1966-74.