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Transforming growth factor beta1 may directly influence gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the rat hypothalamus.
Endocrinology - 1 Apr 2004
Bouret Sebastien, De Seranno Sandrine, Beauvillain Jean-Claude, Prevot Vincent
Abstract excerpt
In vitro studies using immortalized GT1 cells suggest that hypothalamic astrocytes employ TGFbeta(1) to directly regulate the secretion of GnRH, the neurohormone that controls sexual maturation and adult reproductive function. However, whether such astrocyte-GnRH neuron signaling occurs in vivo is not clear. In the present study, we used in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry to determine whether...
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