- SMAD3 Regulates Follicle-stimulating Hormone Synthesis by Pituitary Gonadotrope Cells
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
PMID27994055
ABSTRACT
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.