Placental steroid hormone synthesis: unique features and unanswered questions.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-1996
Abstract
Despite the amazing diversity of placental architecture across species, a number of common elements can be found, including the ability of all placentae to synthesize and metabolize steroid hormones; the assignment of steroidogenic activities to specific trophoblast phenotypes; the use of novel mechanisms to control expression of steroidogenic enzyme genes, which differ from those employed in the adrenal cortex and gonads; and interactions with the maternal and fetal compartments encompassing supply of steroid hormone precursors as well as regulatory influences of maternal ovarian and pituitary hormones and fetal adrenal cortical steroids.
Volume
54
Issue
2
First Page
303
Last Page
311
ISSN
0006-3363
Published In/Presented At
Strauss, J. F., 3rd, Martinez, F., & Kiriakidou, M. (1996). Placental steroid hormone synthesis: unique features and unanswered questions. Biology of reproduction, 54(2), 303–311. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod54.2.303
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
8788180
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article