A lactogenic hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). It is a polypeptide of approximately 23 kD. Besides its major action on lactation, in some species prolactin exerts effects on reproduction, maternal behavior, fat metabolism, immunomodulation and osmoregulation. Prolactin receptors are present in the mammary gland, hypothalamus, liver, ovary, testis, and prostate.
    

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Prolactin : physiology and clinical significance / David F. Horrobin.

Prolactin and carcinogenesis : proceedings of the fourth tenvous workshop Cardiff, March 1972 / edited by A.R. Boyns and K. Griffiths.

Induction by prolactin of mammary tumours in mice / door Lourens Martinus Boot.

Hypophysectomy for prolactinoma.

Lactogenic hormones : a Ciba Foundation symposium in memory of Professor S. J. Folley / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight.

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Prolactin : physiology and clinical significance / David F. Horrobin.

Prolactin and carcinogenesis : proceedings of the fourth tenvous workshop Cardiff, March 1972 / edited by A.R. Boyns and K. Griffiths.

Induction by prolactin of mammary tumours in mice / door Lourens Martinus Boot.

Hypophysectomy for prolactinoma.

Lactogenic hormones : a Ciba Foundation symposium in memory of Professor S. J. Folley / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight.