"Placental Lactogen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A polypeptide hormone of approximately 25 kDa that is produced by the SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLASTS of the PLACENTA, also known as chorionic somatomammotropin. It has both GROWTH HORMONE and PROLACTIN activities on growth, lactation, and luteal steroid production. In women, placental lactogen secretion begins soon after implantation and increases to 1 g or more a day in late pregnancy. Placental lactogen is also an insulin antagonist.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D010928 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D06.472.699.649.692 D12.644.548.726.692 D12.776.780.650 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Placental LactogenPlacental LactogenLactogen, PlacentalChoriomammotropinLactogen Hormone, PlacentalMammotropic Hormone, PlacentalPlacental Mammotropic HormonePregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein DPregnancy Associated Plasma Protein DPlacental LuteotropinLuteotropin, PlacentalSomatomammotropin, ChorionicChorionic SomatomammotropinChoriomammotrophinPAPP-D
 Human Placental LactogenHuman Placental LactogenPlacental Lactogen, HumanHCS (Human Chorionic Somatomammotropin)HPL (Human Placental Lactogen)Chorionic Somatomammotropin, HumanHuman Chorionic Somatomammotropin
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								Wadzinski TL, Geromini K, McKinley Brewer J, Bansal R, Abdelouahab N, Langlois MF, Takser L, Zoeller RT. Endocrine disruption in human placenta: expression of the dioxin-inducible enzyme, CYP1A1, is correlated with that of thyroid hormone-regulated genes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Dec; 99(12):E2735-43.