 Fetus
"Fetus" 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.
The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.
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D005333
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.378
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| Concept/Terms |
Fetal Structures- Fetal Structures
- Fetal Structure
- Structure, Fetal
- Structures, Fetal
Fetal Tissue- Fetal Tissue
- Fetal Tissues
- Tissue, Fetal
- Tissues, Fetal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fetus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fetus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 1996 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 1997 | 7 | 8 | 15 | | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1999 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2000 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2001 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2002 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2003 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2005 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2007 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2009 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2011 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2012 | 4 | 9 | 13 | | 2013 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2014 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2016 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2017 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2018 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2019 | 10 | 5 | 15 | | 2020 | 11 | 11 | 22 | | 2021 | 6 | 15 | 21 | | 2022 | 4 | 10 | 14 | | 2023 | 2 | 18 | 20 | | 2024 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetus" by people in Profiles.
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Tanner AR, Cilvik SN, Nguyen MA, Dobrinskikh E, Anthony RV, Wesolowski SR, Rozance PJ. A Two-Hour Fetal Glucagon Infusion Stimulates Hepatic Catabolism of Amino Acids in Fetal Sheep. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Feb 22; 26(5).
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Kumar AR, Benson LS, Wymore EM, Phipers JE, Dempsey JC, Cort LA, Unadkat JD. Quantification and prediction of human fetal (-)-?9-tetrahydrocannabinol/(?)-11-OH-?9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during pregnancy to inform fetal cannabis toxicity. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 18; 16(1):824.
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Tompkins RM, Fujiwara T, Schrauben EM, Browne LP, van Schuppen J, Clur SA, Friesen RM, Englund EK, Barker AJ, van Ooij P. Third trimester fetal 4D flow MRI with motion correction. Magn Reson Med. 2025 May; 93(5):1969-1983.
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White A, Stremming J, Wesolowski SR, Al-Juboori SI, Dobrinskikh E, Limesand SW, Brown LD, Rozance PJ. IGF-1 LR3 does not promote growth in late-gestation growth-restricted fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Jan 01; 328(1):E116-E125.
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Cilvik SN, Boehmer B, Wesolowski SR, Brown LD, Rozance PJ. Chronic late gestation fetal hyperglucagonaemia results in lower insulin secretion, pancreatic mass, islet area and beta- and a-cell proliferation. J Physiol. 2024 Nov; 602(22):6329-6345.
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Bidne KL, Zemski Berry K, Dillon M, Jansson T, Powell TL. Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation Alters Maternal and Fetal Docosahexaenoic Acid Status and Placenta Phospholipids in Pregnancies Complicated by High Body Mass Index. Nutrients. 2024 Sep 02; 16(17).
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Bolte E, Dean T, Garcia B, Seferovic MD, Sauter K, Hummel G, Bucher M, Li F, Hicks J, Qin X, Suter MA, Barrozo ER, Jochum M, Shope C, Friedman JE, Gannon M, Wesolowski SR, McCurdy CE, Kievit P, Aagaard KM. Initiation of metformin in early pregnancy results in fetal bioaccumulation, growth restriction, and renal dysmorphology in a primate model. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Sep; 231(3):352.e1-352.e16.
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Stremming J, Chang EI, White A, Rozance PJ, Brown LD. IGF-1 infusion increases growth in fetal sheep when euinsulinemia is maintained. J Endocrinol. 2024 07 01; 262(1).
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Work HM, Hackett JC, Lampe JN. HCV Antiviral Drugs Have the Potential to Adversely Perturb the Fetal-Maternal Communication Axis through Inhibition of CYP3A7 DHEA-S Oxidation. Drug Metab Dispos. 2024 May 16; 52(6):516-525.
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Brown LD, Rozance PJ, Wang D, Eroglu EC, Wilkening RB, Solmonson A, Wesolowski SR. Increased hepatic glucose production with lower oxidative metabolism in the growth-restricted fetus. JCI Insight. 2024 Apr 30; 9(10).
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