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Luteinizing hormone promotes gonadal tumorigenesis in inhibin-deficient mice.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 6 Nov 2008
Nagaraja Ankur K, Agno Julio E, Kumar T Rajendra, Matzuk Martin M
Abstract excerpt
The inhibins are secreted alpha:beta heterodimers of the TGF-beta superfamily that are mainly synthesized in Sertoli cells and granulosa cells, and are critical regulators of testicular and ovarian development and function. Mice homozygous for a targeted deletion of the inhibin alpha subunit gene (Inha(-/-)) develop sex cord-stromal tumors in a gonadotropin-dependent manner. Here, we determine the contribution of...
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