Placental steroid hormone synthesis: unique features and unanswered questions.
Biol Reprod
; 54(2): 303-11, 1996 Feb.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8788180
ABSTRACT
Despite the amazing diversity of placental architecture across species, a number of common elements can be found, including the ability of all placentae to synthesize and metabolize steroid hormones; the assignment of steroidogenic activities to specific trophoblast phenotypes; the use of novel mechanisms to control expression of steroidogenic enzyme genes, which differ from those employed in the adrenal cortex and gonads; and interactions with the maternal and fetal compartments encompassing supply of steroid hormone precursors as well as regulatory influences of maternal ovarian and pituitary hormones and fetal adrenal cortical steroids.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Placenta
/
Esteroides
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Reprod
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos