MON-272 Clinical Relevance of Serum Prolactin Levels to Inflammatory Reaction in Male Patients

PRL is a polypeptide hormone that is, in phylogeny, well conserved but elicits various species-dependent functions. PRL is related to the regulation of osmotic pressure in fish and amphibians, fat retention in reptiles and birds, and glucose-lipid metabolism, bone homeostasis and development of the mammary gland in mammals. In humans, PRL secretion is regulated in an inhibitory manner by dopaminergic neurons that project from the hypothalamus to...