Experimental and clinical endocrinology.
Discontinued
Publisher:
J.A. Barth,. Leipzig : Johann Ambrosius Barth
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: Germany
Language: English
Author(s):
Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie und Stoffwechselkrankheiten der DDR.
Start Year:1983 - 1994
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0232-7384 (Print) 0232-7384 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 8302802 |
| (DNLM): | E19345000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 09358429 |
| Coden: | EXCEDS |
| Classification: | W1 EX464 |
The equine placenta and equine chorionic gonadotrophin–an overview. Chorionic gonadotrophins seem to be unique for primate and equid species. Unlike primates, the equine conceptus does not implant in the maternal uterine endometrium until around day 37 of pregnancy. At this time specialized cells of the trophoblast, organized in the embryonic girdle, invade the endometrium and become established in the endometrial stroma, forming the so-called endometrial cups. This migration of girdle cells is accompanied by their morphological transformation into large decidual-like cells and by the appearance of a gonadotrophic hormone in the mare's blood. There is convinci...
The horse feto-placental unit. In the pregnant mare two different groups of oestrogens are produced by the placenta. The precursor of "classical" oestrogens (oestrone, oestradiol-17 beta and oestradiol-17 alpha) is dehydroepiandrosterone which originates from the fetal gonads. The ring B unsaturated oestrogens (equilin and equilenin and their derivatives) derive from farnesyl pyrophosphate by a pathway not involving cholesterol.
Nutritional regulation of uteroplacental prostaglandin production and metabolism in pregnant ewes and mares during late gestation. Prostaglandins (PGs) are produced by a variety of uteroplacental tissues during pregnancy and are released into the fetal fluid sacs and both the uterine and umbilical circulations. Uterine PG output increases towards term and is enhanced by maternal undernutrition in pregnant ewes and mares. In both species, withdrawal of food but not water for 30-48 h increases uterine venous PG levels and the uterine venous arterial concentration differences in PGE and 13, 14, dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGFM), the stable metabolite of PGF2 alpha. The increments in uterine V-A concentration diff...
Placental progestagens in the sheep and horse and the changes leading to parturition. Placental progestagen production and metabolism during pregnancy, the changes which precede parturition and the extent of fetal involvement in the latter processes are compared in the sheep and the horse. Neither species requires the presence of a corpus luteum for maintenance of the latter part of pregnancy, but the mechanisms involved in placental progesterone/progestagen production are very different in the two species. In sheep the primary product is progesterone (P4), levels of which are high in the maternal but not the fetal circulations. By contrast, in the mare P4 is not detectable in ...
Serum levels of testosterone precursors, testosterone and estradiol in 10 animal species. Blood levels of testosterone precursors, i.e. pregnenolone, progesterone, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, androstendione, DHEA, and delta 5-androstendiol as well as testosterone and estradiol are measured in 10 animals each of 10 different species. The determination is done by radioimmunoassay with steroidspecific antibodies. Precursors of the delta 5-pathway (DHEA, androstendiol) are low in the red deer, dog, cat, rat and guinea pig. Precursors of the delta 4-pathway (progesterone, 17-hydroxprogesterone, androstendione) are lower in the bull, boar, ram, stallion and rabbit thus indicating a pre...