2. Corticotrophin-releasing hormone production by the placenta and fetal membranes

SC Riley, JRG Challis - Placenta, 1991 - Elsevier
… , increases placental CRH gene expression and CRH mRNA levels, and stimulates the
secretion of CRH from the placenta and fetal membranes. Concentrations of CRH in fetal and …

Cytokines in the human placenta, fetal membranes, uterine decidua, and amniotic fluid

ML Casey, PC MacDonald - … of placental and fetal membrane …, 1993 - books.google.com
… We have commenced studies of the regulation of TGF-B expression by steroid hormones
in endometrium and decidua. We found that TGF-B3 acts to decrease TGF-B1 mRNA levels in …

Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, a novel cytokine of human fetal membranes

S Ognjanovic, GD Bryant-Greenwood - American Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2002 - Elsevier
… In this study we show that PBEF is constitutively expressed in the fetal membranes and
placenta during normal gestation with no marked increase with gestational age. In this respect, …

[HTML][HTML] Amniotic fluid and placental membranes: unexpected sources of highly multipotent cells

SV Murphy, A Atala - Seminars in reproductive medicine, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
… mature chorioallantoic placenta.[15] [19] [20] The final positions of the fetal membranes result
… can be isolated through positive selection for cells expressing the membrane receptor c-kit (…

Production of inhibin forms by the fetal membranes, decidua, placenta and fetus at parturition

SC Riley, R Leask, C Balfour, JE Brennand… - Human …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
… only inhibin A was secreted by placenta, with both tissues secreting … placental cotyledon
secreted both inhibin A and pro-αC into maternal perfusate, but only inhibin pro-αC into the fetal

Human fetal membranes: a source of stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair?

S Ilancheran, Y Moodley, U Manuelpillai - Placenta, 2009 - Elsevier
fetus, adult and also the umbilical cord and placenta are being widely tested. Recent studies
show that human fetal membranes … derived from human fetal membranes and their potential …

Inhibin and activin in human fetal membranes: evidence for a local effect on prostaglandin release

F Petraglia, MM Anceschi, L Calzá… - The Journal of …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
… The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible expression and cellular …
content of placental protein 12 in decidua and fetal membranes is greater than in placenta. …

Expression of cyclooxygenase types 1 and 2 in human fetal membranes at term

DM Slater, LC Berger, R Newton, GE Moore… - American journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
membranes at term. In situ hybridization indicates a difference in the areas of expression
within the fetal membranes at term. The Cox-2 is expressed specifically in the single amniotic …

Activin A and its regulatory molecules in placenta and fetal membranes of women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes associated with acute …

M Torricelli, C Voltolini, R Novembri… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… high placental and fetal membrane activin A mRNA expression … in the context of placental
and fetal membrane inflammatory … placental nodal mRNA expression and decreased placental

Immunolocalization of proinflammatory cytokines in myometrium, cervix, and fetal membranes during human parturition at term

A Young, AJ Thomson, MA Ledingham… - Biology of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… on the placenta and fetal membranes, largely ignoring the myometrium and cervix [5–8]. …
and fetal membranes that expressed IL-8 also expressed CD45. IL-8 expression was not …