"Placental Hormones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Hormones produced by the placenta include CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, and PLACENTAL LACTOGEN as well as steroids (ESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE), and neuropeptide hormones similar to those found in the hypothalamus (HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES).
| Descriptor ID |
D010926
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.649 D12.644.548.726
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placental Hormones" by people in Profiles.
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Hypothesized role of pregnancy hormones on HER2+ breast tumor development. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jan; 137(1):237-46.
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Placental growth hormone is increased in the maternal and fetal serum of patients with preeclampsia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2007 Sep; 20(9):651-9.
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Regulation of growth and function of the human placenta. Mol Cell Biochem. 2003 Nov; 253(1-2):263-8.