title: [Immunocytochemical localization of alpha-melanotropin in bovine placenta].
abstract: The immunocytochemical study of the bovine placenta has demonstrated the presence of cells containing alphamelanotropic hormones, in the decidual epithelium, since the 4th month of pregnancy. The number and the staining intensity of those cells grow up with the placental development. Since the 6th month, we observed the immunoreactional presence of cells in the foetal chorionic epithelium.
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000166:cytology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002823:Chorion / Q000166:cytology; D003656:Decidua / Q000166:cytology; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
vernacular_title: Localisation immunocytochimique de l'alphamelanotropine dans le placenta bovin.