Local extragonadal roles of activins

The Transforming Growth Factor-beta Family

1990 • 3,028 citations

Purification and characterization of an FSH releasing protein from porcine ovarian follicular fluid

1986 • 1,148 citations

Expression cloning of the TGF-β type II receptor, a functional transmembrane serine/threonine kinase

1992 • 1,071 citations

Pituitary FSH is released by a heterodimer of the β-subunits from the two forms of inhibin

1986 • 1,071 citations

TGF-β stimulation and inhibition of cell proliferation: New mechanistic insights

1990 • 992 citations

The Transforming Growth Factor-βs

1991 • 882 citations

Expression cloning of an activin receptor, a predicted transmembrane serine kinase

1991 • 760 citations

The Transforming Growth Factor-βs

1990 • 741 citations

Complementary DNA sequences of ovarian follicular fluid inhibin show precursor structure and homology with transforming growth factor-β

1985 • 722 citations

Identification of a potent Xenopus mesoderm-inducing factor as a homologue of activin A

1990 • 660 citations

Activins are expressed early in Xenopus embryogenesis and can induce axial mesoderm and anterior structures

1990 • 600 citations

Gonadal and extragonadal expression of inhibin alpha, beta A, and beta B subunits in various tissues predicts diverse functions.

1988 • 553 citations

Novel activin receptors: Distinct genes and alternative mRNA splicing generate a repertoire of serine/threonine kinase receptors

1992 • 495 citations

Isolation and partial characterization of follistatin: a single-chain Mr 35,000 monomeric protein that inhibits the release of follicle-stimulating hormone.

1987 • 448 citations

The isolation of polypeptides with FSH suppressing activity from bovine follicular fluid which are structurally different to inhibin

1987 • 349 citations

Activin is a nerve cell survival molecule

1990 • 298 citations

Importance of FSH-releasing protein and inhibin in erythrodifferentiation

1987 • 275 citations

Evidence for an Autocrine Role of Activin B within Rat Anterior Pituitary Cultures

1991 • 265 citations

Localization, Secretion, and Action of Inhibin in Human Placenta

1987 • 258 citations

PRODUCTION AND REGULATION OF INHIBIN SUBUNITS IN PITUITARY GONADOTROPES

1989 • 254 citations

Inhibin, Activin, and Follistatin: Regulation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels

1989 • 240 citations

Activin-like factor from a Xenopus laevis cell line responsible for mesoderm induction

1990 • 235 citations

Cloning of a Second Type of Activin Receptor and Functional Characterization in Xenopus Embryos

1992 • 226 citations

The Inhibin/Activin Family of Hormones and Growth Factors

1990 • 220 citations

Activin can induce the formation of axial structures and is expressed in the hypoblast of the chick

1990 • 213 citations

Inhibin-Mediated Feedback Control of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in the Female Rat

1986 • 212 citations

Erythroid differentiation factor is encoded by the same mRNA as that of the inhibin beta A chain.

1988 • 205 citations

Inhibin A-subunit cDNAs from porcine ovary and human placenta.

1986 • 197 citations

Inhibin and activin modulate the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, and progesterone from cultured human placental cells.

1989 • 182 citations

Pituitary follicular cells secrete both vascular endothelial growth factor and follistatin

1989 • 168 citations

Inhibin β in central neural pathways involved in the control of oxytocin secretion

1988 • 163 citations

Selective and indirect modulation of human multipotential and erythroid hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation by recombinant human activin and inhibin.

1988 • 153 citations

New perspectives in the function of pituitary folliculo-stellate cells

1990 • 138 citations

Expression of Inhibin/Activin Subunit Messenger Ribonucleic Acids during Rat Embryogenesis*

1991 • 129 citations

Activin B: Precursor Sequences, Genomic Structure andin VitroActivities

1989 • 126 citations

The human placenta: A novel source of inhibin

1986 • 121 citations

Activin/EDF as an inhibitor of neural differentiation

1990 • 121 citations

Regulation of the a Inhibin Gene by Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate after Transfection into Rat Granulosa Cells

1991 • 115 citations

Inhibin subunits in human placenta: Localization and messenger ribonucleic acid levels during pregnancy

1991 • 109 citations

Presence and Synthesis of Inhibin Subunits in Human Decidua*

1990 • 106 citations

Isolation of bovine follicular fluid inhibin of about 32 kDa

1986 • 104 citations

Inhibition of Somatotroph Growth and Growth Hormone Biosynthesis by Activinin Vitro

1990 • 101 citations

Protein modification: phosphorylation on tyrosine residues

1989 • 96 citations

Human inhibin genes

1986 • 92 citations

Activin-A Modulates Growth Hormone Secretion from Cultures of Rat Anterior Pituitary Cells*

1990 • 90 citations

Activin receptor mRNA is expressed early in Xenopus embryogenesis and the level of the expression affects the body axis formation

1991 • 87 citations

Activin-A: A modulator of multiple types of anterior pituitary cells

1988 • 85 citations

Immunostainable Inhibin Subunits Are in Multiple Types of Testicular Cells*

1989 • 85 citations

Molecular cloning and binding properties of the human type II activin receptor

1992 • 84 citations

Regulation of Inhibin Synthesis in the Rat Ovary

1990 • 84 citations

Analysis of the 5′-Flanking Regions of Rat Inhibin α- and β-B-Subunit Genes Suggests Two Different Regulatory Mechanisms

1989 • 83 citations

Multiple Actions of Recombinant Activin-Ain Vivo

1989 • 82 citations

Characterization of the potentiation effect of activin on human erythroid colony formation in vitro

1989 • 71 citations

Rapid and specific lowering of pituitary FSHβ mRNA levels by inhibin

1987 • 69 citations

Activin-A Inhibits Proopiomelanocortin Messenger RNA Accumulation and Adrenocorticotropin Secretion of AtT20 Cells

1991 • 69 citations

Activin-A Modulates Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Secretion from a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Secreting Neuronal Cell Line

1991 • 69 citations

Activin A increases the number of follicle-stimulating hormone cells in anterior pituitary cultures

1990 • 63 citations

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproduction

1990 • 57 citations

Inhibins and Activins

1988 • 57 citations

Substratum-growth factor collaborations are required for the mitogenic activities of activin and FGF on embryonal carcinoma cells.

1991 • 56 citations

A mesoderm-inducing factor produced by WEHI-3 murine myelomonocytic leukemia cells is activin A

1990 • 51 citations

Invivo treatment with erythroid differentiation factor (EDF / activin a) increases erythroid precursors (CFU-E and BFU-E) in mice

1989 • 45 citations

Regulation of FSH beta messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the rat by endogenous inhibin.

1992 • 27 citations

Expression of Growth Factors and Their Receptors in Development

1990 • 23 citations

Inhibin: Role and Secretion in the Rat

1990 • 21 citations

Purification and characterization of recombinant human activin B

1990 • 18 citations

Recent advances in the human physiology of inhibin secretion

1990 • 8 citations

REGULATION OF FSHβ MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID LEVELS IN THE RAT BY ENDOGENOUS INHIBIN

1991 • 5 citations

Ninth International Congress of Endocrinology

1991 • 4 citations