Throughout pregnancy, mammary tissue is stimulated to grow and develop not only under the influence of oestrogens and progesterone, but also in the presence of insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), iodothyronines, growth hormone (and the placental GH variant) as well as prolactin and ...
while progestins are commonly used for chemical castration of sex offenders and transsexuals. If they also suppress testosterone in a male fetus, then any use of them during a pregnancy of a male child carries a risk of creating a baby who developed as the wrong sex for part...
It is well known that the corpus luteum of the ovulatory cycle is essential to the establishment of human pregnancy. And the hormone of the corpus luteum, progesterone, is the most important hormone responsible for the realization of implantation. In mammals which do not exhibit embryonic dormancy...
Evaluation of hormones involved in appetite regulation after return to pre-pregnancy weight in women with and without post-partum weight retention,Priya Sumithran,Interventional,Not Applicable
Hormones, Pregnancy, and Autoimmune Diseases 来自 Wiley 喜欢 0 阅读量: 104 作者: RL Wilder 摘要: Hormonal factors linked to age, gender, and reproductive status are undoubtedly involved in regulating the onset of numerous autoimmune diseases. For example, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a ...
The prolactin (PRL) family of hormones/cytokines is involved in the maintenance of pregnancy and adaptations to physiological stressors. In this report, we identify and characterize a new member of the rat PRL family, examine the impact of maternal hypoxia on placental PRL family gene expression,...
Estrogen controls the development of the uterine lining in the beginning of the menstrual lining, preparing the female reproductive tract for a possible pregnancy. If pregnancy does not occur, estrogen levels drop to cause menstruation. The release of estrogen is brought about as a result of ...
Sex hormones impact a number of aspects of immunity. As a result of the aging process, dramatic changes occur in the endocrine system, particularly in the sex hormones. Thus, it is possible that the hormonal environment may play a role in the effects of aging on normal aspects of the aging...
team led by Prof. Jens Mittag, head of the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University of Lübeck, found thatthyroidhormones of the mother during pregnancy had an influence on the later activity of the BAT of the offspring. The study waspublishedin the journalNature Communications....
relaxin - hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone, RH - any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus...