title: Prolactin synthesis by human chorion-decidual tissue: a possible source of prolactin in the amniotic fluid.
abstract: Explants of human chorion-decidual tissue obtained at delivery from normal, full-term pregnancies synthesize and secrete prolactin. This hormone is indistinguishable from pituitary prolactin by chromatographic, electrophoretic, immunologic, and receptor assay techniques. These results suggest that chorion-decidua may be the source of the large quantities of prolactin in amniotic fluid.
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000378:metabolism; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002823:Chorion / Q000378:metabolism*; D003656:Decidua / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011388:Prolactin