Serum Placental Lactogen Levels During Pregnancy and in Trophoblastic Disease
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 26 (12), 1303-1308
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-26-12-1303
Abstract
A quantitative radio-immunoassay for human placental lactogen (HPL) in serum is described utilizing a highly purified preparation of HPL. HPL was detected In the serum of pregnant women as early as the 6th wk. of gestation and the levels rose steadily during the 1st and 2nd trimesters, reaching a plateau during the 3rd trimester. Serum HPL levels show little variation during the day and are not affected by induced hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. HPL disappears promptly from the blood after delivery with a half-life In serum of approximately 30 min. Relatively small quantities of HPL were detectable in umbilical cord blood, indicating only a minor transplacental transfer of this protein. HPL was measured in the serum of 6 patients with trophoblastic tumors, and the levels were comparable to those of early pregnancy or lower.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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