The actions, detection and synthesis of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in mammalian pregnancy

摘要

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) exhibits a variety of biological activities and it be thought to in- volved in various pathophysiological process. In this paper, some studies were summarized about those roles of PAF in a variety productive processes of female of mammalian that include fertilization, implantation and partu- rition, and that was involved in the concentration, synthesis, degradation and some assay methods of PAF. The relationship between PAF and early pregnancy factor (EPF) was reviewed.