title: Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) in non-pregnant subjects.
abstract: A newly developed enzyme immunoassay technique was applied to the measurement of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) in the serum of women in the proliferative and luteal phases of the cycle, in hysterectomized and postmenopausal women and in the serum and seminal plasma of males. PAPP-A was detected in some individuals in all the categories of women and in seminal plasma but not in male serum. It is surmised that there must be a source of PAPP-A other than the placenta and that PAPP-A may be a maternal protein whose biosynthesis is stimulated by pregnancy rather than a product peculiar to the trophoblast.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005498:Follicular Phase; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis; D014599:Uterus / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011266:Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A