Placental proopiomelanocortin gene expression, adrenocorticotropin tissue concentrations, and immunostaining increase throughout gestation and are unaffected by prostaglandins, antiprogestins, or labor

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4462-4469

  Cooper, E S ^a   Greek, I A ^b   Brooks, A N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABOR; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIFEPRISTONE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTAGLANDINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029797817     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4462     Document Type: Article

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