TY - JOUR
T1 - Endocrine Changes during Pregnancy in a Patient with Homozygous Familial Hypobetalipoproteinemia
AU - Parker, C. R.
AU - Illingworth, D. R.
AU - Bissonnette, J.
AU - Carr, B. R.
PY - 1986/2/27
Y1 - 1986/2/27
N2 - HUMAN pregnancy is characterized by the production of massive quantities of progesterone, which is supplied primarily by the placenta during the second and third trimesters, and of estrogens, which are formed in the placenta from steroid prehormones synthesized principally in the fetal, but also in the maternal, adrenal cortexes. The cholesterol carried in low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) serves an important role in steroidogenesis by supplying substrate for steroid-hormone formation in a number of tissues.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 On the basis of the available evidence, it seems likely that plasma LDL cholesterol is the major precursor of both progesterone and estrogens during normal human pregnancy.
AB - HUMAN pregnancy is characterized by the production of massive quantities of progesterone, which is supplied primarily by the placenta during the second and third trimesters, and of estrogens, which are formed in the placenta from steroid prehormones synthesized principally in the fetal, but also in the maternal, adrenal cortexes. The cholesterol carried in low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) serves an important role in steroidogenesis by supplying substrate for steroid-hormone formation in a number of tissues.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 On the basis of the available evidence, it seems likely that plasma LDL cholesterol is the major precursor of both progesterone and estrogens during normal human pregnancy.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198602273140906
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198602273140906
M3 - Article
C2 - 3945294
AN - SCOPUS:0022638572
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 314
SP - 557
EP - 560
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -