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The qualitative and quantitative effects of physiological concentrations of chorionic gonadotropin (CG) on monocytes of women vary with the phases of the menstrual cycle. During the follicular phase, the hormone inhibits phagocytosis; stimulates the secretion of interleukin (IL) 6 (IL-6), interferon α (IFN-α), and the protein component of apolipoprotein A1 (APO-A1); and activates myeloperoxidase (MPO). During the luteal phase, CG stimulates phagocytosis and APO-A1 secretion, inhibits MPO, and does not shift the levels of IL-6 and INF-α. Regardless of the menstrual phase, the hormone does not modify the release of elastase or the production of granulocytic colony-stimulating growth factor, IL-1α, and tumor necrosis factor α.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Shirshev, S.A. Zamorina, O.A. Krapivina, 2006, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 102–109.
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Shirshev, S.V., Zamorina, S.A. & Krapivina, O.A. Effects of chorionic gonadotropin on peripheral monocytes vary with the phases of the menstrual cycle. Hum Physiol 32, 461–467 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S036211970604013X
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