Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol in plasma were measured weekly from early in
gestation through delivery in five women whose pregnancies were normal. During the twelfth …

Stromal cells and adipocytes were separated after collagenase treatment of adipose tissue
obtained from women undergoing elective surgery, and these cells were used to study …

Ninety-three per cent of nulliparous, normotensive young women who subsequently developed
pregnancy-induced hypertension demonstrated an increase in diastolic blood pressure …

… t Each subject (except WC and PM-2) received a tracer dose of between 8.5 and 26.2 pc
of 4-14C-A4androstenedione together with between 2.13 and 8.0 uc of 6,7-3H-estrone. WC …

This study was conducted as part of an investigation to evaluate the hypothesis that bacterial
toxins (LPS or lipoteichoic acid), acting on macrophage-like uterine decidua to cause …

Prostaglandin synthetase activity was assayed in homogenates prepared from human fetal
membranes and uterine decidua tissues with [ 14 C]arachidonic acid used as substrate. In …

The cDNAs for two separate human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17 beta-HSD)
have been isolated and sequenced. The well-studied human placental cytosolic 17 beta-…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transfer constant of conversion of plasma
androstenedione to estrone ([ϱ] BU AE1 ) as a function of total body weight and excess body …

Estrogen biosynthesis during human pregnancy has been studied by examination of the
radioactive urinary metabolites excreted following the intravenous administration of isotope-…

This study was conducted to evaluate the ontogeny and cellular site of interstitial collagen
formation in amnion, the tissue that provides the tensile strength of the human fetal membranes…