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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Gonadal Hormones > Inhibins
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Inhibins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Inhibins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Inhibins
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Inhibins

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Inhibins  

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  • Inhibin

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  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Glycoproteins that inhibit pituitary FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE secretion. Inhibins are secreted by the Sertoli cells of the testes, the granulosa cells of the ovarian follicles, the placenta, and other tissues. Inhibins and ACTIVINS are modulators of FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE secretions; both groups belong to the TGF-beta superfamily, as the TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA. Inhibins consist of a disulfide-linked heterodimer with a unique alpha linked to either a beta A or a beta B subunit to form inhibin A or inhibin B, respectively

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  • 2002; (1983)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007265

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