"Portal System" 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 system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one CAPILLARY BED, is conveyed through a second set of capillaries before it returns to the systemic circulation. It pertains especially to the hepatic portal system.
| Descriptor ID |
D011168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.908.670
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| Concept/Terms |
Portal System- Portal System
- Portal Systems
- System, Portal
- Systems, Portal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Portal System" by people in Profiles.
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Lethal Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension in Trisomy 21 (T21) Likely Due to Congenital Portosystemic Shunts. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2025 Sep-Oct; 28(5):416-419.
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Sleep Disturbance Is Associated With the Presence of Portosystemic Collaterals in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun. 2021 03; 5(3):491-501.
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Iron levels in hepatocytes and portal tract cells predict progression and outcomes of patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 2011 May; 140(5):1490-500.e3.
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Size or the number of portal tracts: which matters in a liver biopsy core in chronic hepatitis C? J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2011 Feb; 21(2):121-2.
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Islet grafting and imaging in a bioengineered intramuscular space. Transplantation. 2009 Nov 15; 88(9):1065-74.
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Extensive gut metabolism limits the intestinal absorption of excessive supplemental dietary glutamate loads in infant pigs. J Nutr. 2007 Nov; 137(11):2384-90.
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Venous resection in pancreatic cancer surgery. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2006 Apr; 20(2):349-64.
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Prolonged diabetes reversal after intraportal xenotransplantation of wild-type porcine islets in immunosuppressed nonhuman primates. Nat Med. 2006 Mar; 12(3):301-3.
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Intestinal amino acid metabolism in neonates. Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program. 2006; 58:95-102; discussion 102-8.
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Threonine utilization is high in the intestine of piglets. J Nutr. 2005 Apr; 135(4):765-70.