KateClancy
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@ This is making my brain hurt. Thanks for giving me so much to think about though!
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in reply to sciliz
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@ Weird - from abstract they got different results from me. Of course I have daily hormones and urinary CRP, but still...
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in reply to sciliz
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@ Yes, and no. Thanks for link!
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@ Yes, exactly. And I'm not sure if I have a way to parse these out.
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@ Yes, would certainly be ideal. In future I may do some blood spots so I can do native CRP, IL-6, etc
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@ So sometimes we can't actually answer the questions we have.
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@ In anthropology we do as non-invasive a protocol as possible, and the work is observational rather than experimental.
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@ Salivary progesterone, urinary CRP. Only monomeric CRP can pass thru kidney which is why I know which kind it is.
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in reply to sciliz
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@ @ @ Don't know yet, just starting w abstracts, but THC would make sense for embryo.
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@ Thanks to you, I just learned progesterone is a chemoattractant for sperm. Makes sense, but ew.
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in reply to Geeka
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Cool! RT @: Dear @: Because of you, I've been blogging about science for 10 solid years today. Thank you - I think!
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@ I think I have at least two, so I may DM you if I find the lit unsatisfying :)
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@ Tissue-based inflammation - monomeric CRP
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in reply to sciliz
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One other thing: inflammation levels weren't different in high v low progesterone periods of cycle. Otherwise P --> inf makes sense
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@ Ooh, that would also be good to know for another project of mine. Thanks, will look!
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in reply to Geeka
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@ But it's been a few years and I was looking for slightly different reason. Thanks!
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in reply to doc_becca
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@ Hmm, good thought. Last time I looked they definitely design experiments with P --> inflammation assumption.
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in reply to doc_becca
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So, is progesterone --> inflammation, or inflammation --> progesterone? Or do I have no way to suggest an answer?
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But inflammation also increases with immune challenges and/or maintenance effort.
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Progesterone is anti-inflammatory to protect fetal tissue and lower the maternal immune response.
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- Name Kate Clancy
- Location Urbana, IL
- Web http://blogs.scie...
- Bio Biological anthropologist who studies reproduction, evolutionary medicine... and ladybusiness. Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.
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