"Palatine Tonsil" 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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A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the PHARYNX. There is one on each side of the oropharynx in the fauces between the anterior and posterior pillars of the SOFT PALATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D014066
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.623.603.925 A10.549.580 A14.724.603.925 A15.382.520.604.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Palatine Tonsil- Palatine Tonsil
- Palatine Tonsils
- Tonsils, Palatine
- Tonsil, Palatine
- Tonsil
- Tonsils
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Profiles.
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Targeting interferon signaling and CTLA-4 enhance the therapeutic efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in preclinical model of HPV+ oral cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2019 09 18; 7(1):252.
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IL-18 Drives ILC3 Proliferation and Promotes IL-22 Production via NF-?B. J Immunol. 2017 10 01; 199(7):2333-2342.
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The paracaspase MALT1 cleaves HOIL1 reducing linear ubiquitination by LUBAC to dampen lymphocyte NF-?B signalling. Nat Commun. 2015 Nov 03; 6:8777.
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Is supraglottoplasty underutilized? Laryngoscope. 2012 Dec; 122 Suppl 4:S91-2.
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Evidence for a stepwise program of extrathymic T cell development within the human tonsil. J Clin Invest. 2012 Apr; 122(4):1403-15.
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Digital oral photography for pediatric tonsillar hypertrophy grading. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2011 Jun; 75(6):841-3.