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Definition of Inhibin

1. a human hormone [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inhibin

1. Polypeptide hormone secreted by the hypophysis, that selectively suppresses the secretion of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone. The molecule has two subunits (14 & 18 kD) and is a product of the gene family that includes TGF _. There are two forms, __A and __B, the _ subunit being shared with activin. Inhibin is now, on the basis of gene knockout experiments, considered to be a tumour suppressor, the key gene being that for inhibin _. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhibin

Literary usage of Inhibin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In the first, androgens control the secretion of FSH and LH, but inhibin ... In the second model, both inhibin and androgens control both FSH and LH, ..."

2. Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards by Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council (2006)
"Decreased sensitivity was found in the FSH response to inhibin-B (P < 0.05) when the high-exposure group was compared with the low-exposure group. ..."

3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The steady depletion of oocytes (Block, l952} occurring prior to menopause may result in a lowered secretion of inhibin with a diminished negative feedback ..."

4. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Gonadotropin secretion is also negatively regulated by Leydig cell steroids (Plant 1986) and by inhibin, a glycoprotein produced by Sertoli cells. ..."

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