The prolactin and growth hormone families: Pregnancy-specific hormones/cytokines at the maternal-fetal interface

Table 1 Members of the mouse and rat PRL and GH gene families

Member	Abbreviation	Mouse GenBank Accession No.	Rat GenBank Accession No.
Prolactin family members*
Prolactin	PRL	NM_011164	NM_012629
Placental lactogen-Iα	PL-Iα	AF525162	D21103
Placental lactogen-Iβ	PL-Iβ	NM_172155	---
Placental lactogen-Iγ	PL-Iγ	NM_172156	---
Placental lactogen-I variant	PL-Iv	---	NM_033233
Placental lactogen-II	PL-II	M14647	M13749
Proliferin-1	PLF-1	NM_031191	---
Proliferin-2	PLF-2	K03235	---
Proliferin-3	PLF-3	NM_011954	---
Proliferin-4	PLF-4	AF128884	---
Proliferin-related protein	PLF-RP	NM_011120	NM_053364
Prolactin-like protein-A	PLP-A	NM_011165	NM_017036
Prolactin-like protein-B	PLP-B	NM_011166	M31155
Prolactin-like protein-C	PLP-C	---	NM_173110
Prolactin-like protein-C variant	PLP-Cv	---	NM_020079
Prolactin-like protein-Cα	PLP-Cα	NM_011167	---
Prolactin-like protein-Cβ	PLP-Cβ	NM_023332	NM_134385
Prolactin-like protein-Cγ	PLP-Cγ	NM_023741	---
Prolactin-like protein-Cδ	PLP-Cδ	NM_028477	---
Prolactin-like protein-D	PLP-D	---	NM_022537
Prolactin-like protein-H	PLP-H	---	NM_021580
Decidual prolactin-related protein	DPRP	NM_010088	NM_022846
Prolactin-like protein-E	PLP-E	NM_008930	---
Prolactin-like protein-F	PLP-F	NM_011168	NM_022530
Prolactin-like protein-I	PLP-I	AF525154	NM_153736
Prolactin-like protein-J	PLP-J	NM_013766	NM_031316
Prolactin-like protein-K	PLP-K	NM_025532	NM_138861
Prolactin-like protein-L	PLP-L	NM_023746	NM_138527
Prolactin-like protein-M	PLP-M	NM_019991	NM_053791
Prolactin-like protein-N	PLP-N	AF525156	NM_153738
Prolactin-like protein-O	PLP-O	NM_026206	---
Growth hormone family member
Growth hormone	GH	NM_008117	V01237

*Please note that additional candidate rat PRL family genes have been identified from the rat genome project, which have not yet been investigated.

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