Activating and inactivating mutations in LH receptors.

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The glycoprotein hormones luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), both of which act through the LH receptor, play an important role in the regulation of both male and female gonadal function. Testicular androgen production by the Leydig cells is almost entirely dependent on LH/hCG action, while in the ovary LH triggers both oestrogen and progestin secretion and ovulation of the Graaffian...

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