ELEVATION OF OXYTOCIN AND THE OXYTOCIN-ASSOCIATED NEUROPHYSIN IN THE PLASMA OF NORMAL WOMEN DURING MID-CYCLE
ELEVATION OF OXYTOCIN AND THE OXYTOCIN-ASSOCIATED NEUROPHYSIN IN THE PLASMA OF NORMAL WOMEN DURING MID-CYCLE
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DOI:
10.1210/jcem-53-6-1229
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
ROBINSON, AG
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作者:
AMICO, JA;SEIF, SM;ROBINSON, AG
A positive correlation was observed between the midcycle elevation of estrogen (E) and the level of oxytocin- and estrogen-stimulated neurophysin (ESN), the protein carrier of oxytocin, in the plasma of 5 of 6 women. The time of the maximal level of E was associated with a level of oxytocin significantly greater than that in either the early follicular or late luteal phase (P < 0.025). Likewise, the level of ESN at midcycle was greater than the level of ESN in the early follicular or late luteal phase (P < 0.01). Other than states of lactation or pregnancy, this is the only described cyclic secretion of oxytocin in humans. Since oxytocin chronologically correlates with a rise in the level of E at midcycle, a role for oxytocin in ovulation may be considered.