TGF-β family members and gonadal development

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作者
Josso, N [1 ]
di Clemente, N [1 ]
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[1] Ecole Normale Super, Dept Biol, INSERM, Unite Rech Endocrinol Dev, F-92120 Montrouge, France
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10.1016/S1043-2760(99)00155-1
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Several members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family are involved in gonadal development; namely, TGF-beta itself, inhibins, activins, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and GDF-9, These proteins do not affect initial gonadal organogenesis but play either a stimulatory or inhibitory role in the division and differentiation of gonadal cells and in meiotic maturation in the female. Furthermore as shown by transgenic mouse technology, both AMH and inhibin act as tumor suppressors.
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