Inhibins, activins and follistatin in reproduction

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Measurement of dimeric inhibin B throughout the human menstrual cycle

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Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

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Different phenotypes for mice deficient in either activins or activin receptor type II

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Multiple defects and perinatal death in mice deficient in follistatin

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Functional analysis of activins during mammalian development

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Isolation of inhibin from bovine follicular fluid

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Isolation and partial characterization of a Mr 32,000 protein with inhibin activity from porcine follicular fluid.

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Heterodimers and homodimers of inhibin subunits have different paracrine action in the modulation of luteinizing hormone-stimulated androgen biosynthesis.

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Serum inhibin B levels reflect Sertoli cell function in normal men and men with testicular dysfunction

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Activin/inhibin beta B subunit gene disruption leads to defects in eyelid development and female reproduction.Preprint

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Development of cancer cachexia-like syndrome and adrenal tumors in inhibin-deficient mice.

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Decreased inhibin B secretion is associated with the monotropic FSH rise in older, ovulatory women: a study of serum and follicular fluid levels of dimeric inhibin A and B in spontaneous menstrual cycles

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Detection of dimeric inhibin throughout the human menstrual cycle by two‐site enzyme immunoassay

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The isolation of polypeptides with FSH suppressing activity from bovine follicular fluid which are structurally different to inhibin

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Female Reproductive Aging Is Marked by Decreased Secretion of Dimeric Inhibin1

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Inhibin as a Marker for Granulosa-Cell Tumors

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Inhibin-B: a likely candidate for the physiologically important form of inhibin in men.

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Activin Stimulates Spermatogonial Proliferation in Germ-Sertoli Cell Cocultures from Immature Rat Testis

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Circulating Immunoreactive Inhibin Levels During the Normal Human Menstrual Cycle*

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Secretion of an FSH-Inhibiting Factor by Cultured Sertoli Cells

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Follistatin: A Multifunctional Regulatory Protein

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Expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles and the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle

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Evidence for an Autocrine Role of Activin B within Rat Anterior Pituitary Cultures

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Female Reproductive Aging Is Marked by Decreased Secretion of Dimeric Inhibin

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Dynamic Changes in Inhibin Messenger RNAs in Rat Ovarian Follicles During the Reproductive Cycle

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The effect of age on the cyclical patterns of plasma LH, FSH, oestradiol and progesterone in women with regular menstrual cycles

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Molecular heterogeneity of follistatin, an activin-binding protein. Higher affinity of the carboxyl-terminal truncated forms for heparan sulfate proteoglycans on the ovarian granulosa cell

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Elevated Serum Inhibin Concentrations in Postmenopausal Women with Ovarian Tumors

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Age related changes in follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, oestradiol and immunoreactive inhibin in women of reproductive age

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Different Roles of Prepubertal and Postpubertal Germ Cells and Sertoli Cells in the Regulation of Serum Inhibin B Levels1

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Overexpression of Mouse Follistatin Causes Reproductive Defects in Transgenic Mice

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Effects of bovine inhibin, transforming growth factor-β and bovine activin-A on granulosa cell differentiation

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Regulation of Germ Cell and Sertoli Cell Development by Activin, Follistatin, and FSH

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Insertion of Inhbb into the Inhba locus rescues the Inhba-null phenotype and reveals new activin functions

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Serum inhibin A and activin A are elevated prior to the onset of pre-eclampsia

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Activin promotes ovarian follicle development in vitro.

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Activins and Inhibins in Endocrine and Other Tumors

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A Novel Role of Follistatin, an Activin-binding Protein, in the Inhibition of Activin Action in Rat Pituitary Cells

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Activin stimulates Sertoli cell proliferation in a defined period of rat testis development.

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Serum Inhibins A and B fall differentially as FSH rises in perimenopausal women

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Effects of activin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-suppressing protein/follistatin on FSH receptors and differentiation of cultured rat granulosa cells.

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Localization of Inhibin/Activin Subunit mRNAs within the Primate Ovary

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Changes in peripheral serum levels of total activin A during the human menstrual cycle and pregnancy

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Pituitary follicular cells secrete both vascular endothelial growth factor and follistatin

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Cloning of a New Member of the TGF-β Family: A Putative New Activin βC Chain

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Effect of Recombinant Activin on Androgen Synthesis in Cultured Human Thecal Cells *

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Radioimmunoassay of rat serum inhibin: changes after PMSG stimulation and gonadectomy

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Activin signaling through activin receptor type II causes the cachexia- like symptoms in inhibin-deficient mice

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Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and follicle- stimulating hormone dynamics during the luteal-follicular transition

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Differential Production and Regulation of Inhibin Subunits in Rat Testicular Cell Types*

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Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of a New Activin β Subunit: A Dorsal Mesoderm-Inducing Activity in Xenopus

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Regulation of Leydig Cell Function in Primary Culture by Inhibin and Activin*

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Inhibin-B: a likely candidate for the physiologically important form of inhibin in men

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Regulation of Cellular and System Function by Activin

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Immuno- and bioactive inhibin and inhibin α-subunit expression in rat Leydig cell cultures

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Inhibin B Levels in Plasma of the Male Rat from Birth to Adulthood: Effect of Experimental Manipulation of Sertoli Cell Number

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Endocrinology: Serum concentrations of dimeric inhibin during the spontaneous human menstrual cycle and after treatment with exogenous gonadotrophin

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Molecular Cloning of the Mouse Activin βESubunit Gene

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Net Increase in Stimulatory Input Resulting from a Decrease in Inhibin B and an Increase in Activin A May Contribute in Part to the Rise in Follicular Phase Follicle-Stimulating Hormone of Aging Cycling Women1

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Dynamic Changes in Circulating Inhibin Levels during the Luteal-Follicular Transition of the Human Menstrual Cycle *

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Serum activin A and follistatin concentrations during human pregnancy: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

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The human placenta: A novel source of inhibin

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Second‐trimester maternal serum immunoreactive inhibin as a marker for fetal Down's syndrome

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Development-Related Effects of Recombinant Activin on Steroid Synthesis in Rat Granulosa Cells*

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Testicular Expression of Inhibin and Activin Subunits and Follistatin in the Rat and Human Fetus and Neonate and During Postnatal Development in the Rat1

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Modulation of granulosa cell deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis and differentiation by activin

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Frequency Modulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) during the Luteal-Follicular Transition: Evidence for FSH Control of Inhibin B in Normal Women1

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Environmental signals and cell fate specification in premigratory neural crest

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Expression of inhibin beta A and beta B, follistatin and activin-A receptor messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat seminiferous epithelium.

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Activin a stimulates meiotic maturation of human oocytes and modulates granulosa cell steroidogenesis in vitro

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Characterization of Inhibin/Activin Subunit, Activin Receptor, and Follistatin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Human and Mouse Oocytes: Evidence for Activin's Paracrine Signaling from Granulosa Cells to Oocytes1

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Secretion of Activin by Interstitial Cells in the Testis

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Source of circulating levels of inhibin A, pro alpha C-containing inhibins and activin A in early pregnancy

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Inhibin production by sertoli cell cultures

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Localization of Activin βA-,βB-, andβC-Subunits in Human Prostate and Evidence for Formation of New Activin Heterodimers ofβC-Subunit1

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Production and actions of inhibin and activin during folliculogenesis in the rat

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Measurement of circulating inhibin forms during the establishment of pregnancy.

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Analysis of the Testicular Phenotype of the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β-Subunit Knockout and the Activin Type II Receptor Knockout Mice by Stereological Analysis*

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Isolation and characterization of native activin B.

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Inhibin as an oocyte meiotic inhibitor

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The effect of bovine activin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) suppressing protein/follistatin on FSH-induced differentiation of rat granulosa cells in vitro

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Abnormal concentration of maternal serum activin-A in gestational diseases.

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Activin from Secondary Follicles Causes Small Preantral Follicles to Remain Dormant at the Resting Stage

Mizunuma, H., Liu, X., Andoh, K., Abe, Y., Kobayashi, J., 山田, 清., Yokota, H., Ibuki, Y., & Hasegawa, Y. (1999) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.140.1.6409 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

Localization and Secretion of Inhibin/Activin Subunits in the Human and Subhuman Primate Fetal Gonads*

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Maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin level at fifteen weeks is a predictor for preeclampsia

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Comparison of maternal serum total activin A and inhibin A in normal, preeclamptic, and nonproteinuric gestationally hypertensive pregnancies

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Enhancement of primate oocyte maturation and fertilization in vitro by inhibin A and activin A

Alak, B. M., Smith, G. D., Woodruff, T. K., et al. (1996) · Fertility and Sterility · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58583-5 · Cited by 92 · see citing works

Effects of FSH and IGF-I on immature rat Sertoli cells: inhibin α- and β-subunit mRNA levels and inhibin secretion

Toebosch, A., Robertson, D. M., Trapman, J., et al. (1988) · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/0303-7207(88)90096-2 · Cited by 92 · see citing works

Bicalutamide (Casodex®) in the treatment of prostate cancer: History of clinical development

Kolvenbag, G. J. C. M., Blackledge, G. R. P., & Gotting-Smith, K. (1998) · The Prostate · doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(19980101)34:1 · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Second-trimester maternal serum inhibin A concentration as an early marker for preeclampsia

Aquilina, J. T., Barnett, A. G., Thompson, O., et al. (1999) · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(99)70448-5 · Cited by 90 · see citing works

Frequency Modulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) during the Luteal-Follicular Transition: Evidence for FSH Control of Inhibin B in Normal Women

Welt, C. K. (1997) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.82.8.2645 · Cited by 88 · see citing works

Immunohistochemical detection of inhibin in the gonad

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Activin receptor mRNA expression in rat testicular cell types

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Maternal serum inhibin A can predict pre‐eclampsia

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Pituitary follistatin and inhibin subunit messenger ribonucleic acid levels are differentially regulated by local and hormonal factors

Bilezikjian, L. M., CORRIGAN, A. Z., Blount, A. L., & Vale, W. (1996) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.137.10.8828487 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Immunostainable Inhibin Subunits Are in Multiple Types of Testicular Cells*

Shaha, C., Morris, P. L., Chen, C. C., et al. (1989) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo-125-4-1941 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Modulatory Actions of Activin-A and Follistatin on the Developmental Competence of In Vitro-Matured Bovine Oocytes1

Silva, C. C. G., & KNIGHT, P. G. (1998) · Biology of Reproduction · doi:10.1095/biolreprod58.2.558 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

Characterization and the regulation of inhibin/activin subunit proteins of cultured rat anterior pituitary cells.

Bilezikjian, L. M., Vaughan, J. M., & Vale, W. (1993) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.133.6.8243276 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Clinical review 46: Clinical utility of inhibin measurements.

Burger, H. (1993) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.76.6.8501140 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

High Concentrations of Plasma Immunoreactive Inhibin during Normal Pregnancy in Women

Abe, Y., Hasegawa, Y., Miyamoto, K., et al. (1990) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem-71-1-133 · Cited by 79 · see citing works

Expression and Localization of Activin Subunits and Follistatins in Tissues from Men with High Grade Prostate Cancer

Thomas, T. Z., Wang, H., Niclasen, P., O’Bryan, M. K., Evans, L. W., Groome, N. P., Pedersen, J., & Risbridger, G. P. (1997) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.82.11.4374 · Cited by 78 · see citing works

Activin inhibits basal and androgen-stimulated proliferation and induces apoptosis in the human prostatic cancer cell line, LNCaP.

Wang, Q. F., Tilly, K. I., Tilly, J. L., et al. (1996) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.137.12.8940374 · Cited by 78 · see citing works

Development, validation and application of an ultra-sensitive two-site enzyme immunoassay for human follistatin

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Inhibin Concentrations throughout the Menstrual Cycles of Normal, Infertile, and Older Women Compared with Those during Spontaneous Conception Cycles

Lenton, E. A., de Kretser, D., WOODWARD, A. J., & ROBERTSON, M. D. (1991) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem-73-6-1180 · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Activin promotes ovarian follicle development in vitro

Li, R. (1995) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/en.136.3.849 · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Relative roles of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in the control of inhibin secretion in normal men.

McLachlan, R. I., Matsumoto, A. M., Burger, H., et al. (1988) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci113693 · Cited by 75 · see citing works

Maternal serum inhibin A concentrations in early pregnancy after IVF and embryo transfer reflect the corpus luteum contribution and pregnancy outcome

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Dimeric Inhibins in Amniotic Fluid, Maternal Serum, and Fetal Serum in Human Pregnancy1

Wallace, E. M., Riley, S. C., Crossley, J. A., et al. (1997) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.82.1.3685 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

Activins and Inhibins in Endocrine and Other Tumors

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Activin-A regulates follistatin secretion from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells

Bilezikjian, L. M., CORRIGAN, A. Z., Vaughan, J. M., & Vale, W. (1993) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.133.6.8243277 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

Local Regulatory Effects of Activin A and Follistatin on Meiotic Maturation of Rat Oocytes

Sadatsuki, M., Tsutsumi, O., Yamada, R., et al. (1993) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.2261 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

Inhibin forms in serum from postmenopausal women with ovarian cancers

Robertson, D. M., Cahir, N. F., Burger, H., et al. (1999) · Clinical Endocrinology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00656.x · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Expression of Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein 60 in Distinct Cell Types and Defined Stages of Rat Seminiferous Epithelium1

Meinhardt, A., Parvinen, M., Bacher, M., et al. (1995) · Biology of Reproduction · doi:10.1095/biolreprod52.4.798 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Growth inhibitory response to activin A and B by human prostate tumour cell lines, LNCaP and DU145

McPherson, S., Thomas, T. Z., Wang, H. T., et al. (1997) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1677/joe.0.1540535 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Net Increase in Stimulatory Input Resulting from a Decrease in Inhibin B and an Increase in Activin A May Contribute in Part to the Rise in Follicular Phase Follicle-Stimulating Hormone of Aging Cycling Women

Reame, N. E. (1998) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.83.9.3302 · Cited by 70 · see citing works

Peritubular myoid cells from immature rat testes secrete activin-A and express activin receptor type II in vitro.

de Winter, P., Vanderstichele, H., Verhoeven, G., et al. (1994) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.135.2.8033824 · Cited by 68 · see citing works

Expression of inhibin/activin system messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles from women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Roberts, V. J., Barth, S., El-Roeiy, A., & YEN, S. S. C. (1994) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.79.5.7962340 · Cited by 67 · see citing works

Circulating immunoactive inhibin in the luteal phase and early gestation of women undergoing ovulation induction

McLachlan, R. I., Healy, D. L., Robertson, D. M., et al. (1987) · Fertility and Sterility · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59599-5 · Cited by 67 · see citing works

Localization of follistatin in the rat testis

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Overexpression of Mouse Follistatin Causes Reproductive Defects in Transgenic Mice

Guo, Q. (1997) · Molecular Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/me.12.1.96 · Cited by 66 · see citing works

Evaluation of maternal serum dimeric inhibin a as a first‐trimester marker of down's syndrome

Wallace, E. M., Grant, V., Swanston, I. A., et al. (1995) · Prenatal Diagnosis · doi:10.1002/pd.1970150410 · Cited by 65 · see citing works

A Two-Site Chemiluminescent Assay for Activin-Free Follistatin Reveals That Most Follistatin Circulating in Men and Normal Cycling Women Is in an Activin-Bound State1

McConnell, D. S., Wang, Q., Sluss, P. M., Bolf, N., Khoury, R. H., Schneyer, A. L., MIDGLEY, A. R., Reame, N. E., Crowley, W. F., & Padmanabhan, V. (1998) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.83.3.4651 · Cited by 65 · see citing works

Evidence that in a physiological setting Sertoli cell number is the major determinant of circulating concentrations of inhibin B in the adult male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).

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Activin at parturition: changes of maternal serum levels and evidence for binding sites in placenta and fetal membranes.

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Immunohistochemical Localization of Follistatin in Rat Tissues.

Satō, K., Ogawa, K., Hayashi, Y., Nakamura, T., Titani, K., & Sugino, H. (1991) · Endocrinologia Japonica · doi:10.1507/endocrj1954.38.383 · Cited by 62 · see citing works

Localization of activin receptor (ActR-IIB2) mRNA in the rat seminiferous epithelium.

Kaipia, A. J., Parvinen, M., & Toppari, J. (1993) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.132.1.8380387 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Activin inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth: selective actions on androgen-responsive LNCaP cells.

Dalkin, A. C., Gilrain, J. T., Bradshaw, D., et al. (1996) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.137.12.8940339 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Follistatin-activin complexes in human serum and follicular fluid differ immunologically and biochemically

Schneyer, A. L., Hall, H. A., Lambert-Messerlian, G. M., Wang, Q. F., Sluss, P., & Crowley, W. F. (1996) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.137.1.8536619 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

The influence of smoking on maternal serum AFP and free beta hCG levels and the impact on screening for Down syndrome

Spencer, K. (1998) · Prenatal Diagnosis · doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199803)18:3 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

ACTIVIN-A INHIBITS OXYTOCIN AND PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION BY PREOVULATORY BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLSIN VITRO

Shukovski, L., & Findlay, J. K. (1990) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo-126-4-2222 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Activin is produced by rat Sertoli cells in vitro and can act as an autocrine regulator of Sertoli cell function

de Winter, P. (1993) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/en.132.3.975 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Inhibin: a new circulating marker of hydatidiform mole?

Yohkaichiya, T., Fukaya, T., Hoshiai, H., et al. (1989) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.298.6689.1684 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Elevated Levels of Maternal Serum Inhibin Immunoreactivity in Second Trimester Pregnancies Affected by Down's Syndrome

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Testicular Expression of Inhibin and Activin Subunits and Follistatin in the Rat and Human Fetus and Neonate and During Postnatal Development in the Rat

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Partial characterization of inhibin, activin, and follistatin in the term human placenta.

de Kretser, D., Foulds, L. M., Hancock, M., et al. (1994) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.79.2.8045969 · Cited by 55 · see citing works

Expression of Activin A and Follistatin Core Proteins by Human Prostate Tumor Cell Lines

McPherson, S. J., Mellor, S. L., Wang, H., et al. (1999) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.140.11.7141 · Cited by 54 · see citing works

Inhibin and activin-like activity in fluids from male and female gonads: different molecular weight forms and bioactivity/immunoactivity ratios

GROOTENHUIS, A. J., Steenbergen, J., Timmerman, M. A., et al. (1989) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1677/joe.0.1220293 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Maternal serum total activin A and follistatin in pregnancy and parturition

Schneider, M. E., D’Antona, D., Evans, L. W., et al. (2000) · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb10402.x · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Interactions between activin and follicle-stimulating hormone-suppressing protein and their mechanisms of action on cultured rat granulosa cells

Xiao, S., & Findlay, J. K. (1991) · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/0303-7207(91)90100-7 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Correlation Between Second Trimester Maternal Serum Inhibin-A and Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin for the Prediction of Pre-eclampsia

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Immunoradiometric assay for follistatin: serum immunoreactive follistatin levels in normal adults and pregnant women

WAKATSUKI, M., Shintani, Y., Abe, M., Liu, Z. H., Shitsukawa, K., & Saito, S. (1996) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.81.2.8636280 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Effects of activin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-suppressing protein/follistatin on FSH receptors and differentiation of cultured rat granulosa cells

Xiao, S. (1992) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/en.131.3.1009 · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Rccombinant human activin-A stimulates basal FSH and GnRH-stimulated FSH and LH release in the adult male macaque, Macaca fascicularis

McLachlan, R. I., Dahl, K. D., Bremner, W. J., SCHWALL, R. H., Schmelzer, C. H., Mason, A. J., & Steiner, R. A. (1989) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo-125-5-2787 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Activin maintains the condensed type of mitochondria in germ cells

Meinhardt, A., McFarlane, J. R., Seitz, J., et al. (2000) · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/s0303-7207(00)00308-7 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Male Reproductive Phenotypes in Double Mutant Mice Lacking Both FSHβ and Activin Receptor IIA

Kumar, T. R., Varani, S., Wreford, N. G., Telfer, N. M., de Kretser, D., & Matzuk, M. M. (2001) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.142.8.8336 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Developmental expression of heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) in the rat testis and ovary

Paranko, J., Seitz, J., & Meinhardt, A. (1996) · Differentiation · doi:10.1046/j.1432-0436.1996.6030159.x · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Follistatin concentrations in male sheep increase following sham castration/castration or injection of interleukin-1β

Phillips, D. J., Hedger, M. P., McFarlane, J. R., et al. (1996) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1677/joe.0.1510119 · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Abnormal concentration of maternal serum activin-A in gestational diseases

Petraglia, F. (1995) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.80.2.558 · Cited by 50 · see citing works

Biological and immunological characterization of inhibin forms in human plasma

Robertson, D. M. (1996) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.81.2.669 · Cited by 47 · see citing works

Human recombinant activin-A alters pituitary luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone secretion, follicular development, and steroidogenesis, during the menstrual cycle in rhesus monkeys.

Stouffer, R. L., Woodruff, T. K., Dahl, K. D., et al. (1993) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.77.1.8325947 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Age-dependent activin receptor expression pinpoints activin A as a physiological regulator of rat Sertoli cell proliferation

Fragale, A. (2001) · Molecular Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/molehr/7.12.1107 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Feto-Placental Hypoxemia Regulates the Release of Fetal Activin A and Prostaglandin E2

Jenkin, G., Ward, J. W., Hooper, S. B., et al. (2001) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.142.2.8110 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

A Two-Site Chemiluminescent Assay for Activin-Free Follistatin Reveals That Most Follistatin Circulating in Men and Normal Cycling Women Is in an Activin-Bound State

McConnell, D. S. (1998) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.83.3.851 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

The Source of Inhibin Secretion during the Human Menstrual Cycle*

Illingworth, P. J., Reddi, K., Smith, K. B., et al. (1991) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem-73-3-667 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Measurement of circulating inhibin forms during the establishment of pregnancy

Illingworth, P. J. (1996) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.81.4.1471 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Effect of inhibin immunoneutralization on steroidogenesis in rat ovarian follicles in vitro

Smyth, C. D., Gosden, R. G., McNeilly, A. S., et al. (1994) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1677/joe.0.1400437 · Cited by 43 · see citing works

Maternal serum inhibin levels in second‐trimester down's syndrome pregnancies

Cuckle, H., Holding, S., & Jones, R. (1994) · Prenatal Diagnosis · doi:10.1002/pd.1970140508 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Expression of inhibin beta A and beta B, follistatin and activin-A receptor messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat seminiferous epithelium

Kaipia, A. J. (1992) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/en.131.6.2703 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Measurement of activin in biological fluids by radioimmunoassay, utilizing dissociating agents to remove the interference of follistatin

McFarlane, J. R., Foulds, L. M., Pisciotta, A., et al. (1996) · European Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1530/eje.0.1340481 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Follistatin and activin A production by the male reproductive tract

Anderson, R. A., Evans, L. W., Irvine, D. S., et al. (1998) · Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/humrep/13.12.3319 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Changes of Dimeric Inhibin B Levels in Maternal Serum Throughout Healthy Gestation and in Women with Gestational Diseases1

Petraglia, F., Luisi, S. V., Benedetto, C., et al. (1997) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.82.9.4241 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Identification of activins and follistatin proteins in human follicular fluid and placenta.

Yokoyama, Y., Nakamura, T., Nakamura, R., et al. (1995) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem.80.3.7883850 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Differential regulation of inhibin/activin α- and βA-subunit and follistatin mRNAs by cyclic AMP and phorbol ester in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells

Tuuri, T., ERÄMAA, M., van Schaik, R. H. N., et al. (1996) · Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology · doi:10.1016/0303-7207(96)03842-7 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Activin is produced by rat Sertoli cells in vitro and can act as an autocrine regulator of Sertoli cell function.

de Winter, J. P., Vanderstichele, H. M., Timmerman, M. A., et al. (1993) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.132.3.7679985 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Clinical review 46: Clinical utility of inhibin measurements

Burger, H. (1993) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.76.6.1391 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Differential Localization of Inhibin Subunit Proteins in the Ovine Testis during Fetal Gonadal Development*

Jarred, R. A., Cancilla, B., Richards, M. G., et al. (1999) · Endocrinology · doi:10.1210/endo.140.2.6471 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

Human Recombinant Inhibin a Suppresses Plasma Follicle-Stimulating Hormone to Intact Levels but has No Effect on Luteinizing Hormone in Castrated Rams1

Tilbrook, A. J., KRETSER, D. M. D., & Clarke, I. J. (1993) · Biology of Reproduction · doi:10.1095/biolreprod49.4.779 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

Inhibin B plasma concentrations in oligozoospermic subjects before and after therapy with follicle stimulating hormone

Foresta, C. (1999) · Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/humrep/14.4.906 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Inhibin in extra-embryonic coelomic and amniotic fluids and maternal serum in early pregnancy

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Measurement of inhibin concentrations in men: study of changes after castration and comparison with androgen levels in testicular tissue, spermatic venous blood, and peripheral venous blood

ISHIDA, H., TASHIRO, H., WATANABE, M., FUJII, N., IMAMURA, K., MINOWADA, S., SHINOHARA, M., FUKUTANI, K., ASO, Y., & DE KRETSER, D. M. (1990) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jcem-70-4-1019 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

Male Sterility in Transgenic Mice Expressing Activin βA Subunit Gene in Testis

Tanimoto, Y., Tanimoto, K., Sugiyama, F., Horiguchi, H., Murakami, K., Yagami, K., & Fukamizu, A. (1999) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0833 · Cited by 35 · see citing works

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