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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Prolactin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Prolactin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Prolactin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Prolactin

Preferred term

Prolactin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A lactogenic hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). It is a polypeptide of approximately 23 kD. Besides its major action on lactation, in some species prolactin exerts effects on reproduction, maternal behavior, fat metabolism, immunomodulation and osmoregulation. Prolactin receptors are present in the mammary gland, hypothalamus, liver, ovary, testis, and prostate.

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Entry terms

  • 9002-62-4
  • Lactogenic Hormone, Pituitary
  • Mammotropic Hormone, Pituitary
  • Mammotropin
  • PRL (Prolactin)

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In other languages

  • Prolactine

    French

  • 9002-62-4
  • Hormone galactogène
  • Lactostimuline
  • Mammotrophine
  • Mammotropine
  • PRL (Prolactin)
  • Prolactin

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