6. Progesterone At term 250mg/day Excreted as Pregnandiol End of first trimester:10mg/day At term: 40mg/day Maternal cholesterol In syncytiotrophoblast: preg…..progesteron Most passes to fetal circulation Fetal adrenal……corticosteroid sulphate Remainder to maternal circulation
7. HCG Found in urine of pregnant women (1927) Detectable in maternal plasma 7-10 days after implantation Doubling each 48hrs Peak at 8-10th week Synthesized by: More by syncytiotrophoblast Less by cytotrophoblast
8. HCG a subunit: 92 AA common with LH by single gene (ch.6) In cyto and syncytiotrophoblast cells b subunit: 134 AA By 7 genes ( ch.19) In cytotrophoblast cells
9. Placenta Lack of MHC-I and MHC-II in trophoblast cells Presence of Fas-ligand in placenta Apoptosis of activated T cells