"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
MeSH Number(s)
A04.623.603.925
A10.549.580
A14.724.603.925
A15.382.520.604.580
Concept/Terms
Palatine Tonsil- Palatine Tonsil
- Palatine Tonsils
- Tonsils, Palatine
- Tonsil, Palatine
- Tonsil
- Tonsils
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Palatine Tonsil" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1994 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1995 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1996 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Profiles.
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HIV specific CD8+ TRM-like cells in tonsils express exhaustive signatures in the absence of natural HIV control. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:912038.
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Myeloid Cells Are Enriched in Tonsillar Crypts, Providing Insight into the Viral Tropism of Human Papillomavirus. Am J Pathol. 2021 10; 191(10):1774-1786.
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Epidemiologic distinctions between base of tongue and tonsil oropharyngeal carcinomas. Head Neck. 2021 10; 43(10):3076-3085.
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Dynamic regulation of B cell complement signaling is integral to germinal center responses. Nat Immunol. 2021 06; 22(6):757-768.
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Ipsilateral radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil: American Radium Society appropriate use criteria executive summary. Head Neck. 2021 01; 43(1):392-406.
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Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation and Sustained Depletion in Blood and Tissue of Children Infected with HIV from Birth Despite Antiretroviral Therapy. Cell Rep. 2020 09 15; 32(11):108153.
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Expert consensus statements for Waldeyer's ring involvement in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma: The staging, evaluation, and response criteria harmonization (SEARCH) for childhood, adolescent, and young adult Hodgkin lymphoma (CAYAHL) group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 09; 67(9):e28361.
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Highly multiplexed immunofluorescence images and single-cell data of immune markers in tonsil and lung cancer. Sci Data. 2019 12 17; 6(1):323.
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Persistent Infection and Transmission of Senecavirus A from Carrier Sows to Contact Piglets. J Virol. 2019 11 01; 93(21).
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LMO2 Confers Synthetic Lethality to PARP Inhibition in DLBCL. Cancer Cell. 2019 09 16; 36(3):237-249.e6.