Gallbladder
"Gallbladder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A storage reservoir for BILE secretion. Gallbladder allows the delivery of bile acids at a high concentration and in a controlled manner, via the CYSTIC DUCT to the DUODENUM, for degradation of dietary lipid.
| Descriptor ID |
D005704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.159.439
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gallbladder" by people in Profiles.
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Dekonenko C, Sujka JA, Dorman RM, Oyetunji TA, St Peter SD. Self-reported Outcomes After Cholecystectomy for Pediatric Hyperkinetic Biliary Dyskinesia. J Surg Res. 2020 02; 246:73-77.
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Zhang Y, Csanaky IL, Lehman-McKeeman LD, Klaassen CD. Loss of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1a1 increases deoxycholic acid absorption in mice by increasing intestinal permeability. Toxicol Sci. 2011 Dec; 124(2):251-60.
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Rau B, Friesen CA, Daniel JF, Qadeer A, You-Li D, Roberts CC, Holcomb GW. Gallbladder wall inflammatory cells in pediatric patients with biliary dyskinesia and cholelithiasis: a pilot study. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Sep; 41(9):1545-8.