Immunohistochemical identification of prolactin in human placenta and membranes at term.
Placentas and membranes of seven healthy women after full-term gestation and spontaneous labor and delivery were studied in order to verify the presence and distribution of prolactin-containing cells. An unlabeled antibody-PAP-method, applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, showed varying degrees of cytoplasmic positivity in the elements of the amniotic epithelium, decidua and trophoblast. A comparison between these results and those previously reported in the literature is made.
D000650:Amnion / Q000032:analysis*; D003656:Decidua / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D010920:Placenta / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000032:analysis
D011388:Prolactin