Article
Overview of the impact of kisspeptin on reproductive function.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Nov 2012
Sonigo Charlotte, Binart Nadine
Abstract excerpt
Since 2003, kisspeptin and its receptor (KISS1R, also called GPR54) are recognized as major actors of the gonadotrope axis. Mutations of genes encoding the peptide or the receptor have been identified in patients with precocious puberty or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. They are strong stimulators of GnRH neurons and are involved in various mechanisms regulating gonadotrope axis as puberty induction or positive...
Topics
- Animals
- Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
- Female
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Gonadotropins
- Humans
- Hypogonadism
- Kisspeptins
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mutation
