"Activins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Activins are produced in the pituitary, gonads, and other tissues. By acting locally, they stimulate pituitary FSH secretion and have diverse effects on cell differentiation and embryonic development. Activins are glycoproteins that are hetero- or homodimers of INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS.
Descriptor ID |
D028341
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MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.334.500 D06.472.699.009 D12.644.548.009 D12.776.395.022
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Concept/Terms |
Activins- Activins
- FSH-Releasing Protein
- FSH Releasing Protein
- Protein, FSH-Releasing
- Activin
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2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Activins" by people in Profiles.
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Plasma IL-5 but Not CXCL13 Correlates With Neutralization Breadth in HIV-Infected Children. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:1497.
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Transforming growth factor-beta 1, activin and follistatin in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2002 Feb; 37(2):233-8.
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Exogenous activin increases the proportion of insulin cells in the developing chick pancreas in culture. Cell Biol Int. 2002; 26(12):1057-64.