Ila A. Maslar

Decidua obtained in the late luteal phase of the human menstrual cycle has been shown to produce immunoreactive prolactin (PRL). The amount of PRL produced is a function of the extent of decidual differentiation. Further, the maintenance of…

In many species of mammals, blastocyst implantation stimulates a decidual reaction in which fibrocytic elements within the stroma of the endometrium differentiate into epitheloid decidual cells. In women, decidualization begins under the in…

Prolactin (PRL) synthesis by human decidua from term pregnancies has been reported. The present study examined the tissue content and in vitro production of prolactin by "decidualized" and "nondecidualized" endometrium unassociated with pre…