Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone whose major biological actions are related to normal lactation and reproduction. Abnormally high prolactin levels, referred to as hyperprolactinemia, can result ...

The most common cardiovascular killer in maternal medicine is also among the most misdiagnosed. Peripartum cardiomyopathy ...

In this capacity menin is a regulator of expression of the cyclin-dependent-kinase inhibitors p18INK4C and p27Kip1; furthermore, menin serves as a co-activator of estrogen receptor mediated ...

Consistent with these idea, blockade of prolactin by bromocriptine, a dopamine D2 receptor agonist, prevented the onset of disease in an experimental model of PPCM and appeared successful in small ...

"I will still have a lot of prolactin in my body, but it wouldn't affect the tissue receptors that harness it to make more milk." She said that she would think more about the options potentially ...

Prolactin signaling pathway, Influenza A, Type II diabetes mellitus, cGMP-PKG signaling pathway, NOD-like receptor signaling pathway and Aldosterone synthesis and secretion. Among them, JAK-STAT ...

Follicle stimulating hormone FSH and luteinising hormoneLH. Prolactin. Bone age in premenarchal female to male or prepuberty/inpuberty male to female. Bone density scan. In those whose GD is clearly ...

The articles in this special issue highlight the diversity and complexity of research into reproductive health, including the need for a better understanding of the fundamental biology of reproduction ...

Progestin-only oral contraceptives prescribed or dispensed at discharge from the hospital to be started 2-3 weeks postpartum (e.g., the first Sunday after the newborn is 2 weeks old). Depot ...

hGH exerts its biological effects on target cells by binding to specific receptors present throughout the whole body. hGH exerts its effects through target cells by binding to specific membrane ...

A recent case report by Sahota and colleagues has provided new insights into treatment of dysglycemia via dopamine (DA) receptor stimulation in the setting of autoimmune diabetes (1). Briefly, a ...