Extrahypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing factor (LRF): release of immunoreactive LRF in vitro.
The human placenta in vitro releases luteinizing hormone-releasing factor (LRF) which is immunologically indistinguishable from hypothalamic LRF. The release of LRF by placental tissue increased during the 4 days of culture and exceeded the original tissue content more than 5-fold. These data suggest that the human placenta may synthesize an LRF molecule immunologically identical with hypothalamic LRF.
D000375:Aging; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone