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Regulation of activin A in cell proliferation as well as hCG and progesterone secretion was investigated using primary cultured cytotrophoblast cells and normal placenta origin cytotrophoblast cell line-NPC cells in serum-free system. It was shown that activin A promoted hCG and progesterone secretion in primary cultured cytotrophoblast cells as well as progesterone secretion in NPC cells, while it had no effect on cell proliferation and hCG secretion in NPC cells. Important evidence is provided for the autocrine regulatory mechanism of activin A on hormone secretion in placental trophoblast cells at early pregnancy.
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Wang, Y., Mathe, J.P., Woodroff, T. et al. Regulation of activin A in cell proliferation and hormone secretion by human normal trophoblast cells. Chin. Sci. Bull. 44, 609–612 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182719
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182719