Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Follicle Stimulating Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Follicle Stimulating Hormone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Follicle Stimulating Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Preferred term

Follicle Stimulating Hormone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
  • Follitropin
  • FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone)

Note

  • for alpha subunit, coord with GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT is also available; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN is also available

Scope note

  • A major gonadotropin secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Follicle-stimulating hormone stimulates GAMETOGENESIS and the supporting cells such as the ovarian GRANULOSA CELLS, the testicular SERTOLI CELLS, and LEYDIG CELLS. FSH consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the three pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH, LH, and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity.

History note

  • 2002(1963)

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005640

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 7/5/06