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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Pregnancy Proteins > Placental Lactogen
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Placental Hormones > Placental Lactogen

Preferred term

Placental Lactogen  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Choriomammotrophin
  • Choriomammotropin
  • Chorionic Somatomammotropin
  • Lactogen Hormone, Placental
  • Luteotropin, Placental
  • Mammotropic Hormone, Placental
  • PAPP-D
  • Placental Luteotropin
  • Placental Mammotropic Hormone
  • Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein D
  • Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein D
  • Somatomammotropin, Chorionic

Scope note

  • A polypeptide hormone of approximately 25 kDa that is produced by the SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLASTS of the PLACENTA, also known as chorionic somatomammotropin. It has both GROWTH HORMONE and PROLACTIN activities on growth, lactation, and luteal steroid production. In women, placental lactogen secretion begins soon after implantation and increases to 1 g or more a day in late pregnancy. Placental lactogen is also an insulin antagonist.

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  • 72(68)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010928

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