The changing pattern of granulosa cell expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin
during follicle development and their differential regulation by extrinsic and intraovarian …

Granulosa cells are the main ovarian source of inhibins, activins and activin-binding protein
(follistatin) while germ (oogonia, oocytes) and somatic (theca, granulosa, luteal) cells …

The local actions of the inhibin-related peptides inhibin, activin, and follistatin in
folliculogenesis, luteinization and atresia are reviewed. On the basis of in vitro data, it is …

Some 10 years have elapsed since inhibins were first isolated from ovarian follicular fluid
and characterized as disulphide-linked dimeric glycoproteins capable of selectively …

Inhibin, activin, and follistatin (FS) are gonadal proteins that appear to have a role in
regulating folliculogenesis through possible paracrine and/or autocrine interactions. To …

Evidence to enhance the premise that inhibin and activin are local regulators of ovarian
folliculogenesis is presented in this review. Granulosa cells (GC) have been identified as the …

The physiological role of intraovarian activin (beta/beta) and inhibin (alpha/beta) dimers in
humans in unclear. The identification of follistatin as a beta-subunit-specific high affinity …

The physiological significance of these results will not become clear until patterns of activin
and inhibin protein production and the expression of their receptors have been more …

Inhibin, activin, and follistatin were first identified as gonadal hormones that could exert
selective effects on follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion without affecting luteinizing …

The regulation of reproductive processes involves a complex network of communication
systems between the brain, endocrine organs, the gonads and other reproductive tissues …