Dynamic Changes in the Intrafollicular Inhibin/Activin/Follistatin Axis during Human Follicular Development: Relationship to Circulating Hormone Concentrations*

Measurement of dimeric inhibin B throughout the human menstrual cycle.

1996 • 886 citations

Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

1990 • 886 citations

The Microenvironment of the Human Antral Follicle: Interrelationships among the Steroid Levels in Antral Fluid, the Population of Granulosa Cells, and the Status of the Oocyte in Vivo and in Vitro *

1979 • 525 citations

Manipulation of Human Ovarian Function: Physiological Concepts and Clinical Consequences*

1997 • 491 citations

Characterization of the Physiological Pattern of Episodic Gonadotropin Secretion throughout the Human Menstrual Cycle*

1986 • 485 citations

Chemical and Biological Characterization of the Inhibin Family of Protein Hormones

1988 • 459 citations

An Update on the Roles of Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin as Local Regulators of Folliculogenesis1

1993 • 433 citations

Female Reproductive Aging Is Marked by Decreased Secretion of Dimeric Inhibin¹

1999 • 314 citations

Expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles and the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle

1993 • 268 citations

Growth patterns of nondominant ovarian follicles during the normal menstrual cycle

1990 • 244 citations

CONCENTRATION OF OESTROGENS AND ANDROGENS IN HUMAN OVARIAN VENOUS PLASMA AND FOLLICULAR FLUID THROUGHOUT THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1976 • 235 citations

Follistatin and Activin: A Potential Intrinsic Regulatory System within Diverse Tissues

1991 • 232 citations

Female Reproductive Aging Is Marked by Decreased Secretion of Dimeric Inhibin

1999 • 230 citations

Paracrine Regulation of Reproductive Function by Inhibin and Activin

1992 • 172 citations

Localization of Inhibin/Activin Subunit mRNAs within the Primate Ovary

1990 • 169 citations

Healthy and Atretic Human Follicles in the Preovulatory Phase: Differences in Evolution of Follicular Morphology and Steroid Content of Follicular Fluid*

1979 • 159 citations

Characterization of unique binding kinetics of follistatin and activin or inhibin in serum.

1994 • 136 citations

Androgens and Progestins in the Human Ovarian Follicle: Differences in the Evolution of Preovulatory, Healthy Nonovulatory, and Atretic Follicles*

1981 • 127 citations

Regulatory functions for inhibin and activin in human ovaries

1991 • 122 citations

Aromatase mRNA expression in individual follicles from polycystic ovaries

1998 • 118 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of inhibin/activin subunits in human ovarian follicles during the menstrual cycle.

1992 • 107 citations

Hormonal Correlates of Follicular Development in the Human Ovary

1981 • 107 citations

Expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles and the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle.

1993 • 91 citations

Enhancement of primate oocyte maturation and fertilization in vitro by inhibin A and activin A

1996 • 91 citations

Inhibin A, inhibin B and activin A in the follicular fluid of regularly cycling women

1997 • 90 citations

Modulatory Actions of Activin-A and Follistatin on the Developmental Competence of In Vitro-Matured Bovine Oocytes1

1998 • 89 citations

Inhibin A and Inhibin B Responses to Gonadotropin Withdrawal Depends on Stage of Follicle Development¹

1999 • 73 citations

Local Regulatory Effects of Activin A and Follistatin on Meiotic Maturation of Rat Oocytes

1993 • 73 citations

Normal human follicle development: an evaluation of correlations with oestradiol, androstenedione and progesterone levels in individual follicles

1996 • 71 citations

A Two-Site Chemiluminescent Assay for Activin-Free Follistatin Reveals That Most Follistatin Circulating in Men and Normal Cycling Women Is in an Activin-Bound State¹

1998 • 63 citations

Development of Graafian Follicles in Adult Human Ovary. I. Correlation of Estrogen and Progesterone Concentration in Antral Fluid with Growth of Follicles¹

1974 • 61 citations

A comparison of 13 different immunometric assay kits for gonadotropins: implications for clinical investigation.

1994 • 52 citations

Inhibin A and Inhibin B Responses to Gonadotropin Withdrawal Depends on Stage of Follicle Development

1999 • 52 citations

A Two-Site Chemiluminescent Assay for Activin-Free Follistatin Reveals That Most Follistatin Circulating in Men and Normal Cycling Women Is in an Activin-Bound State

1998 • 43 citations

Characterization of Intrafollicular Steroid Hormones, Inhibin, and Follistatin in Women with and without Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Following Gonadotropin Hyperstimulation1

1997 • 42 citations

Ovary: Follistatin concentrations in follicular fluid of normal and polycystic ovaries

1995 • 32 citations

Differential Response to Exogenous and Endogenous Activin in a Human Ovarian Teratocarcinoma-Derived Cell Line (PA-1): Regulation by Cell Surface Follistatin*

1999 • 31 citations

Local regulation of primate granulosa cell aromatase activity

1993 • 28 citations