Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor-alpha formation in human decidua. Potential role of cytokines in infection-induced preterm labor.

…, SM Cox, B Beutler, L Milewich…�- The Journal of�…, 1989 - Am Soc Clin Investig
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 …

Aromatization of androstenedione to estrone by human adipose tissue in vitro. Correlation with adipose tissue mass, age, and endometrial neoplasia

JP FORNEY, L MILEWICH, GT CHEN…�- The Journal of�…, 1981 - academic.oup.com
To explore the relationship between extraglandular estrogen formation and the clinical
parameters of age, weight, and endometrial neoplasia, an assay was developed to measure the …

Aromatization of androstenedione by isolated human hairs

HU SCHWEIKERT, L MILEWICH…�- The Journal of Clinical�…, 1975 - academic.oup.com
… Each sample was incubated in 25 x 150 mm teflon-capped tubes in an incubation mixture
that consisted of [l,2,6,7-3H]androstenedione (56 nM, containing 6.18 x 106 cpm), NADPH1 (…

Conversion of plasma progesterone to deoxycorticosterone in men, nonpregnant and pregnant women, and adrenalectomized subjects.

CA Winkel, L Milewich, CR Parker…�- The Journal of�…, 1980 - Am Soc Clin Investig
During the third trimester of human pregnancy the concentrations of deoxycorticosterone (DOC)
in maternal plasma are 4-50 times those in nonpregnant women and men. It has been …

In Situ Steroid Sulfatase Activity in Human Epithelial Carcinoma Cells of Vaginal, Ovarian, and Endometrial Origin

L MILEWICH, JC PORTER�- The Journal of Clinical�…, 1987 - academic.oup.com
… Gurpide E, Gusberg SB, Tseng L 1976 Estradiol binding and metabolism in human endometrial
Milewich L, Garcia RL 1985 Steroid sulfatase activity in amnion tissue and amnion cells …

Women with steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2 deficiency have normal concentrations of plasma 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone during the luteal phase

L Milewich, BB Mendonca, I Arnhold…�- The Journal of�…, 1995 - academic.oup.com
… The control data have been taken from Milewich et al. (5). ND, Not determined. … Milewich
L, Gomez-Sanchez C, Crowley G, Porter JC, Madden JD, MacDonald PC. 1977 Progesterone …

Aromatization of androstenedione by cultured human fibroblasts

HU SCHWEIKERT, L MILEWICH…�- The Journal of Clinical�…, 1976 - academic.oup.com
The conversion of [l,2,6,7- 3 H]androstenedione to [ 3 H]estrone was measured in fibroblast
monolayers grown from biopsies of genital and nongenital skins obtained from 15 control …

Estrogen formation by the ovary of the rabbit embryo

L Milewich, FW George, JD Wilson�- Endocrinology, 1977 - academic.oup.com
The conversion of [1,2,6,7- 3 H]-testosterone to radioactive estradiol was assessed in tissue
slices of 18 different tissues from rabbit embryos that varied in age from 16 to 29 days …

5α-Reductase activity in human placenta

L Milewich, NF Gant, BE Schwarz, GT Chen…�- American Journal of�…, 1979 - Elsevier
The concentration of 5α-pregnane-3,20-dione in peripheral blood of pregnant women is higher
than that found in blood obtained from nonpregnant women throughout the luteal phase …

Dehydroisoandrosterone sulfate in peripheral blood of premenopausal, pregnant and postmenopausal women and men

L Milewich, C Gomez-Sanchez, JD Madden…�- Journal of Steroid�…, 1978 - Elsevier
A radioimmunoassay specific for the direct measurement of dehydroisoandrosterone sulfate
in 0.5 or 1 μl of human serum was developed using an antibody directed against …