Regulation of progesterone production in human term trophoblasts in vitro by CRH, ACTH and cortisol (prednisolone)

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-12

  Jeschke, Udo ^a   Mylonas, Ioannis ^a   Richter, Dagmar Ulrike ^b   Höcker, Ingo ^b   Briese, Volker ^b   Makrigiannakis, Antonis ^c   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACTH; CRH; Prednisolone; Progesterone production; Trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LABOR INDUCTION; PLACENTA VILLUS; TROPHOBLAST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 21244470746     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0728-0     Document Type: Article

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