The role of lactogenic hormones in the pregnant woman and the fetus.
Evaluation of the roles of prolactin and placental lactogen in pregnancy in primates has revealed mammotropic, fetal osmoregulatory, metabolic, and steroidogenic roles, which appear to protect the uterine contents during late pregnancy and prepare the fetus for the changes in nutrition at the time of delivery.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology; D003340:Corpus Luteum Maintenance; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008053:Lipid Mobilization; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011388:Prolactin / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D011388:Prolactin; D010928:Placental Lactogen