"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.710
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| Concept/Terms |
Placenta- Placenta
- Placentas
- Placentome
- Placentomes
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Placenta" by people in this website by year, and whether "Placenta" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placenta" by people in Profiles.
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Placentas from healthy women living in a cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic region in Mexico harbor Leishmania mexicana parasites: Potential implications for pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2026 Sep; 20(9):e0014367.
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Luteolin decreases sFlt-1 and mean arterial pressure in the RUPP animal model of placental ischemia. Placenta. 2026 Aug; 182:150-157.
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Placental pathology in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and small for gestational age neonates: prevalence and severity of maternal vascular malperfusion in a prospectively collected cohort. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2026 Dec; 39(1):2669893.
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S-PrediXcan predicted gene expression in human placenta is associated with childhood-onset asthma risk. Sci Rep. 2026 May 13; 16(1).
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DNA methylation in the placenta and household socioeconomic status: the SPAH study. Clin Epigenetics. 2026 Apr 24; 18(1).
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Placental pathology and hypertensive disorder of pregnancy in multiple gestation. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2026 Jun; 44:101446.
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Characterizing placental dysfunction with DNA methylation profiling and placental histopathology. Placenta. 2026 03 25; 176:53-61.
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Patterns of Gene Expression in Chorionic Villous Tissue Based on Patterns of Placental Pathology. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2026 Jan-Feb; 29(1):27-37.
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Mapping the placental galectin-3 interactome identifies CD9 and ITGB1 as functional glycoprotein counterreceptors during syncytialization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Nov 11; 122(45):e2511042122.
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Pregnancy Loss Associated with COVID-19 Infection: Associations with Detection of Viral RNA in Placental and Fetal Tissue. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2025 Nov-Dec; 28(6):460-468.