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Table 1 17βHSD2 expression ratios and steroid determinations in term placenta and in endometrium during mid-late secretory phase

From: Human type 2 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mRNA and protein distribution in placental villi at mid and term pregnancy

17βHSD2 expression ratios (placenta/endometrium)

Steroid levels

mRNA

protein

 

T

E1

E2

  

Placenta (ng/g ± SD)

1.57 ± 1.51

52.64 ± 9.72

39.66 ± 12.76

25.4 ± 5.8

30–60a

Endometrium (ng/g ± SD)

n/a

0.064 ± 0.026

0.052 ± 0.021

  

Ratio placenta/endometrium

n/a

827 ± 376

751 ± 388

  1. aThis range of variation was estimated from comparison of the densitometric values obtained among endometrial samples and a series of dilutions of placental samples in Western blot experiments.
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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