Immunohistochemical demonstration of somatostatin-containing cells in the human placenta.
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 126 (4) , 397-398
- https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.126.397
Abstract
A study using immunohistochemical methods clearly demonstrated the presence of somatostatin-containing cells in the human placenta. These cells were located in the cytotrophoblastic layer, while the layer of syncytiotrophoblasts showed no positive reaction. In the progress of gestation, these immunoreactive somatostatin-containing cells disappeared. Somatostatin or somatostatin-like substances apparently play an important role in the maintenance of gestation.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: