Possible influence of prolactin on intestinal hypertrophy in pregnant and lactating rats |
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| Authors: | J. R. Mainoya |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Dar es Sallaam, P.O. Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, (Tanzania) |
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| Abstract: | Summary The increase in intestinal weights during lactation, and to a lesser extent during pregnancy, is inhibited by bromocriptin. This suggests that increased prolactin secretion might be responsible for gut hypertrophy during lactation.This work was supported by N.I.H. grant Ca-05388 and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship.The author is very grateful to Professor H.A. Bern for his useful suggestions. Professor E. Flückiger, Sandoz Ltd, kindly supplied the bromocriptin used in this study. |
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