Placenta

"Placenta" 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.

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A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES).

Descriptor ID	D010920
MeSH Number(s)	A16.710
Concept/Terms	Placenta Placenta Placentas Placentome Placentomes Placentoma, Normal Placentoma, Normal

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Anatomy [A]
Embryonic Structures [A16]
Placenta [A16.710]

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Bar chart showing 56 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	2	2
2001	1	1	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	1	2
2018	2	0	2
2019	4	2	6
2020	2	3	5
2021	2	2	4
2022	1	4	5
2023	2	3	5
2024	1	1	2
2025	0	3	3
2026	2	0	2

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Guertin TM, Sisson C, Gargiulo RM, Macrorie O, Pease EL, Garth HE, Vriens J, De Clercq K, Mager J, Tremblay KD. Onset of embryonic and placental defects coincide in 19 of 22 novel mid-gestation lethal murine knockout lines. Development. 2026 May 15; 153(10).

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Cherouveim P, Jiang VS, Hammer KC, Fitz VW, Sacha CR, James KE, Dimitriadis I, Bormann CL, Roberts DJ, Souter I. Placental pathology and weight following Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) with or without ovarian stimulation (OS). Placenta. 2026 Jun 24; 181:152-159.

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Rich M, Jan SA, Fraser C, Waldron J, Abbott MA. Outcome data for non-invasive prenatal testing suggestive of an atypical sex chromosome abnormality of fetal/placental origin. J Genet Couns. 2025 12; 34(6):e70138.

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Manuel TD, Mostr?m MJ, Crooks CM, Davalos A, Barfield R, Scheef EA, Kendall S, Midkiff CC, Sprehe LM, Trexler ME, Boquet FA, Shroyer MN, Danner VW, Doyle-Meyers LA, Weinbaum C, Mirza A, Lammi S, Mitchell L, Otero CE, Lee MR, Rogers LW, Granek J, Owzar K, Malouli D, Fr?h K, Kowalik TF, Chan C, Permar SR, Blair RV, Kaur A. A rhesus macaque model of congenital cytomegalovirus infection reveals a spectrum of vertical transmission outcomes. Commun Biol. 2025 Nov 24; 8(1):1647.

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Gorasiya S, Mushi J, Yoganathan S, Barasa L, Pekson R, Ashby CR, Reznik SE. N,N-Diethylacetamide and N,N-Dipropylacetamide inhibit the NF-kB pathway in in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of inflammation-induced preterm birth. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 14; 15(1):29861.

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de Oliveira DC, Cheikh Sleiman H, Payette K, Hutter J, Story L, Hajnal JV, Alexander DC, Shipley RJ, Slator PJ. A flexible generative algorithm for growing in silico placentas. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Oct; 20(10):e1012470.

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Kushwaha N, Dwivedi A, Tiwari S, Mishra P, Verma SK. Comprehensive analytics for virus-cell and cell-cell multinucleation system. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 09 24; 726:150281.

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Abdulelah M, Kasher N, Primera G, Matta J, Patel R, Anis K, DiNino E. Is There a Baby in the Lung? A Case of Placental Transmogrification of the Lung. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2024 Jan-Dec; 12:23247096241261322.

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Mostr?m MJ, Yu S, Tran D, Saccoccio FM, Versoza CJ, Malouli D, Mirza A, Valencia S, Gilbert M, Blair RV, Hansen S, Barry P, Fr?h K, Jensen JD, Pfeifer SP, Kowalik TF, Permar SR, Kaur A. Protective effect of pre-existing natural immunity in a nonhuman primate reinfection model of congenital cytomegalovirus infection. PLoS Pathog. 2023 10; 19(10):e1011646.

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Assad M, Jerome M, Olyaei A, Nizich S, Hedges M, Gosselin K, Scottoline B. Dilemmas in establishing preterm enteral feeding: where do we start and how fast do we go? J Perinatol. 2023 09; 43(9):1194-1199.

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