Placental proteins in male serum.
Placental proteins such as human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), Schwangerschaftsprotein 1 (SP1) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) are found in the blood of pregnant women and in subjects suffering from cancer. They can also be found in the blood of healthy non-pregnant women and in the seminal fluid of males. Surprisingly, hCG and SP1 could not be found in male serum, although PAPP-A occasionally occurs there.
Klopper
A
A
Ahmed
A G
AG
Bersinger
N
N
Urbaniak
S
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / Q000032:analysis; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A