Peptide signaling in human placenta and membranes: Autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine mechanisms

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-186

  Petraglia, Felice ^a,c   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Nappi, Carmine ^a,b   Genazzani, Andrea R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; INHIBIN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CYTOKINES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029935580     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.17.2.156     Document Type: Review

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