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Activins
Known as:
FSH Releasing Protein
, Protein, FSH-Releasing
, Activin
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Activins are produced in the pituitary, gonads, and other tissues. By acting locally, they stimulate pituitary FSH secretion and have diverse effects…
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Growth Factor
INHBA gene
INHBA protein, human
INHBB protein, human
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Narrower (4)
Recombinant Activin
activin A
activin B
activin beta B, zebrafish
Broader (1)
peptide hormone
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2009
2009
ACE-011, a soluble activin receptor type IIA IgG-Fc fusion protein, decreases follicle stimulating hormone and increases bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, a marker of bone formation, in…
N. Borgstein
,
Yi-Jun Yang
,
Carolyn H. Condon
,
E. Haltom
,
M. Sherman
2009
Corpus ID: 59162143
Abstract #1160 Breast cancer metastasizes to bone in up to 85% of patients with advanced disease. Skeletal-related morbidity such…
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2006
2006
Deletion of Exon I of SMAD 7 in Mice Results in Altered B Cell Responses
Rong-Gui Li
,
Alexander Rosendahl
,
+7 authors
R. Heuchel
2006
Corpus ID: 2970458
2006
2006
Inhibition of DNA methylation increases follistatin expression and secretion in the human adrenocortical cell line NCI-H295R.
P. Utriainen
,
Jian-Qi Liu
,
T. Kuulasmaa
,
R. Voutilainen
Journal of Endocrinology
2006
Corpus ID: 15191338
Activin affects adrenocortical steroidogenesis and increases apoptosis, while follistatin (FS) acts as an activin antagonist by…
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2001
2001
Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) and Vascular Disease: CARP as a Putative TGF-β Target Gene in the Vessel Wall
J. Topper
2001
Corpus ID: 39239082
The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily of growth factors and cytokines consists of multiple isoforms of TGF-β, bone…
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2000
2000
Involvement of distinct signaling pathways in activin-induced increases in FSH secretion and enlargement of FSH cell population in the rat pituitary.
T. Katayama
,
H. Kyan
,
Michiko Nakashima
,
Emilliana Y. Rahayu
,
N. Murakami
,
Haruto Kuroda
Endocrine journal
2000
Corpus ID: 37907139
Activin-A induces increases in FSH secretion, as well as the number of immunoreactive FSH cells, in cultured rat pituitary cells…
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1999
1999
Expression and secretion of inhibin and activin in normal and neoplastic uterine tissues
P. Florio
,
S. Luisi
,
+5 authors
F. Petraglia
1999
Corpus ID: 87006164
1998
1998
Recent progress in our understanding of inhibin in the prostate gland.
Gail P. Risbridger
Journal of Endocrinology
1998
Corpus ID: 19262664
Inhibin was originally described as the active principle or substance in the testis which was able to prevent the appearance of…
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Activin and follistatin as local regulators in the human ovary.
Chun Peng
,
T. Ohno
,
Shideh Khorasheh
,
Peter C. K. Leung
Biological signals
1996
Corpus ID: 35930185
There is increasing evidence that activin may act as an autocrine/paracrine regulator of ovarian functions. Activin subunit mRNAs…
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1995
1995
La cellule de Sertoli, une cellule endocrine
N. Josso
,
R. Rey
1995
Corpus ID: 85313958
Le developpement de la virilite et de la fecondite masculine depend de l'interaction coordonnee des diverses cellules contenues…
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1993
1993
Modulation of activin A action and specificity in the rat gonadotrope by protein kinase C.
T. Katayama
,
P. Conn
Endocrinology
1993
Corpus ID: 11750473
This study was undertaken to assess the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in activin action in the rat pituitary. Pretreatment with…
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