Adverse Effects of Trichothiodystrophy DNA Repair and Transcription Gene Abnormalities on Human Fetal Development [PDF]
, 2009 The effects of DNA repair and transcription genes in human prenatal life have never been studied. Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is a rare (affected frequency of 10^-6^) recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes involved in the nucleotide excision ...
Amiran Dzutsev +4 more
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Breast Cancer
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017 Breast cancer is well known as a malignancy being strongly influenced by female steroids. Pregnancy is a protective factor against breast cancer. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a candidate hormone which could mediate this antitumoral effect of ...
S. Schüler-Toprak +2 more
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: The Pregnancy Hormone and More
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017 To thoroughly review the uses of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) related to the process of reproduction and also assess new, non-traditional theories. Review of the international literature and research studies.
C. Theofanakis +3 more
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Organization and sequence of the gene encoding the human acrosin-trypsin inhibitor (HUSI-II) [PDF]
, 1993 A complete cDNA encoding the acrosin-trypsin inhibitor, HUSI-II, was used as a probe to isolate genomic clones from a human placenta library. Three clones which cover the entire HUSI-II gene were isolated and characterized.
Abelson +28 more
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Intramural ectopic pregnancy [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2010 Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia refers to a subset of gestational trophoblastic conditions characterized with persistently elevated serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin, absence of a normal pregnancy, and a history of normal or abnormal pregnancies ...
Milenković Vera, Lazović Biljana
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Interaction of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) and Asialo-hCG with Recombinant Human Thyrotropin Receptor. [PDF]
, 1994 hCG is a putative thyroid stimulator. The present studies were undertaken to examine its interaction and that of its desialylated variant asialo-hCG with recombinant human TSH (hTSH) receptor (hTSHr). To this end, we transfected a human thyroid carcinoma
Broecker, M. +4 more
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Adhesive and degradative properties of human placental cytotrophoblast cells in vitro. [PDF]
, 1989 Human fetal development depends on the embryo rapidly gaining access to the maternal circulation. The trophoblast cells that form the fetal portion of the human placenta have solved this problem by transiently exhibiting certain tumor-like properties ...
Cui, TY +7 more
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Gonadotropins in the Russian Sturgeon: Their Role in Steroid Secretion and the Effect of Hormonal Treatment on Their Secretion. [PDF]
, 2016 In the reproduction process of male and female fish, pituitary derived gonadotropins (GTHs) play a key role. To be able to specifically investigate certain functions of Luteinizing (LH) and Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in Russian sturgeon ...
Aizen, Joseph +8 more
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Management of Nonpregnant Women with Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013 Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is useful in evaluating and monitoring early pregnancy as well as trophoblastic disease. Here we describe the management of women with elevated serum human chorionic gonadotropin in a case of a 51-year-old female who ...
Bernd C. Schmid +2 more
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Extragonadal LH/hCG action-Not yet time to rewrite textbooks [PDF]
, 2007 Gonadotropins are indispensable in both sexes in the regulation of gonadal sex steroid production and gametogenesis. In addition to their well-established classical actions, numerous recent publications have indicated the presence and function of ...
Ahtiainen, Petteri +5 more
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