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SMAD3 Regulates Follicle-stimulating Hormone Synthesis by Pituitary Gonadotrope Cells

The Journal of biological chemistry (2016-12-21)
Yining Li, Gauthier Schang, Ulrich Boehm, Chu-Xia Deng, Jonathan Graff, Daniel J Bernard
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Pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is an essential regulator of fertility in females and of quantitatively normal spermatogenesis in males. Pituitary-derived activins are thought to act as major stimulators of FSH synthesis by gonadotrope cells.

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