"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 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Profiles.
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Innate adaptive immune cell dynamics in tonsillar tissues during chronic SIV infection. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1201677.
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Cancer risk following surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids - a population-based, sibling-controlled cohort study in Sweden. BMC Med. 2023 05 24; 21(1):194.
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Site Specialization of Human Oral Veillonella Species. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 02 14; 11(1):e0404222.
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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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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is characterized by anticommensal humoral immune responses. JCI Insight. 2022 03 08; 7(5).
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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.