title: Effect of extra-genital Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma caproni infections on serum levels of pregnancy-associated murine protein-1 during murine pregnancy.
abstract: Maternal plasma levels of pregnancy-associated murine protein-1 (PAMP-1) were measured by rocket immunoelectrophoresis in BALB/cABom mice experimentally infected with the two intestinal parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma caproni. In the first half of pregnancy the PAMP-1 level was significantly lower in the infected females compared with the healthy controls, indicating that PAMP-1 is not essential for implantation and early gestation. In the latter half of pregnancy a rapid increase in the plasma levels of PAMP-1 in the infected females was recorded. This might suggest that pituitary GH secretion is restored in the infected animals during the second half of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Pathobiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bindseil
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Krog
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004451:Echinostomiasis / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000097:blood*; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; C033484:pregnancy-associated murine protein 1