What is it about?
A new perspective on prolactin´s action. Far beyond its well known functions in pregnancy and lactation prolactin participates in metabolism, food intake, and even in cancer development
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Why is it important?
Many psychiatric diseases need chronic treatments with drugs that increase prolactin levels. In these cases as well as in patients with prolactinomas undesired metabolic actions may develop. Furthermore targeting prolactin action may be beneficial in certain types of cancer.
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Neuroendocrinologist. Director of the Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental, founded by Nobel Prize Winner Bernardo Houssay. Focuses on the action of pituitary hormones, far beyond classic endocrinology
Damasia Becu
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This page is a summary of: Prolactin: The Bright and the Dark Side, Endocrinology, June 2017, Endocrine Society,
DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00184.
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