Characterization of inhibin/activin subunit, follistatin, and activin type II receptors in human ovarian cancer cell lines: a potential role in autocrine growth regulation.

Ovarian Cancer

1993 • 3,213 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor: a bifunctional regulator of cellular growth.

1985 • 1,107 citations

α-lnhibin is a tumour-suppressor gene with gonadal specificity in mice

1992 • 887 citations

Determinants of Ovarian Cancer Risk. II. Inferences Regarding Pathogenesis<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>

1983 • 543 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

Development of cancer cachexia-like syndrome and adrenal tumors in inhibin-deficient mice.

1994 • 369 citations

Development of Tumors in the Rat Ovary After Transplantation into the Spleen.

1944 • 255 citations

Resistance to inhibition of cell growth by transforming growth factor-beta and its role in oncogenesis.

1993 • 239 citations

Primary structure of the human follistatin precursor and its genomic organization.

1988 • 234 citations

Molecular heterogeneity of follistatin, an activin-binding protein. Higher affinity of the carboxyl-terminal truncated forms for heparan sulfate proteoglycans on the ovarian granulosa cell

1993 • 224 citations

Immunoreactive Inhibinα-Subunit in Human Serum: Implications for Radioimmunoassay*

1990 • 168 citations

Follistatin, an activin-binding protein, associates with heparan sulfate chains of proteoglycans on follicular granulosa cells.

1991 • 167 citations

Recombinant Expression of Human Follistatin with 315 and 288 Amino Acids: Chemical and Biological Comparison with Native Porcine Follistatin*

1991 • 166 citations

Comparison of Inhibin Immunological andin VitroBiological Activities in Human Serum*

1988 • 144 citations

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

1994 • 136 citations

Regulation of growth of normal ovarian epithelial cells andovarian cancer cell lines by transforming growth factor-ß

1992 • 113 citations

Epidemiology and etiology of ovarian cancer.

1991 • 112 citations

Inhibin as a marker for ovarian cancer

1995 • 107 citations

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

1992 • 84 citations

Characterization of gonadal sex cord-stromal tumor cell lines from inhibin-alpha and p53-deficient mice: the role of activin as an autocrine growth factor.

1994 • 69 citations

Recombinant human inhibin A and recombinant human activin A regulate pituitary and ovarian function in the adult female rat.

1993 • 52 citations

Transforming Growth Factor α Localization and Role in Surface Epithelium of Normal Human Ovaries and in Ovarian Carcinoma Cells

1994 • 38 citations

Interaction between activin and follicle-stimulating hormone-suppressing protein/follistatin in the regulation of basal inhibin production by cultured rat granulosa cells.

1992 • 38 citations

Diagnosis and staging of ovarian cancer

1984 • 34 citations

Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor a Gene Expression in an Ovarian Surface Epithelial Cell Line Derived from a Human Carcinoma1

1995 • 33 citations

Human follicular fluid contains pro- and C-terminal immunoreactive alpha-inhibin precursor proteins.

1994 • 26 citations

A two-site monoclonal antibody immunoradiometric assay for human follistatin: secretion by a human ovarian teratocarcinoma-derived cell line (PA-1).

1996 • 24 citations

An Improved Method of Purifying Inhibin Radioligand for Radioimmunoassay1

1990 • 14 citations