Kisspeptin in reproduction.

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Although the functions of kisspeptin originally were believed to be restricted to metastasis suppression, a novel role for this protein was discovered in 2003. Loss-of-function mutations in its receptor, GPR54, were found to cause absence of puberty and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in humans. Mice with targeted deletions of GPR54 also have a hypogonadotropic phenotype, confirming the important role of this...

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