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Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. [1] FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland [ 2 ] and regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation , and reproductive processes of the body.
Because its main function is to nourish developing sperm cells through the stages of spermatogenesis, the Sertoli cell has also been called the "mother" or "nurse" cell. [10] Sertoli cells also act as phagocytes, consuming the residual cytoplasm during spermatogenesis. Translocation of cells from the basal lamina to the lumen of the ...
2492 14309 Ensembl ENSG00000170820 ENSMUSG00000032937 UniProt P23945 P35378 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000145 NM_181446 NM_013523 RefSeq (protein) NP_000136 NP_852111 NP_038551 Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 48.96 – 49.15 Mb Chr 17: 89.29 – 89.51 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse The follicle-stimulating hormone receptor or FSH receptor (FSHR) is a transmembrane receptor that ...
This can transiently or permanently disrupt natural testicular function by suppressing pituitary production of LH and FSH, potentially causing testicular atrophy (decreased testicular size ...
Gonadotropins are glycoprotein hormones secreted by gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary of vertebrates. [1] [2] [3] This family includes the mammalian hormones follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), the placental/chorionic gonadotropins, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), [3] as well as at least two forms of fish ...
The anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis or pars anterior) is a major organ of the endocrine system.The anterior pituitary is the glandular, anterior lobe that together with the posterior pituitary (or neurohypophysis) makes up the pituitary gland (hypophysis) which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, protruding off the bottom of the hypothalamus.
FSH secretion begins to rise in the last few days of the previous menstrual cycle, [3] and is the highest and most important during the first week of the follicular phase [4] (Figure 1). The rise in FSH levels recruits five to seven tertiary-stage ovarian follicles (this stage follicle is also known as a Graafian follicle or antral follicle ...
Follicle-stimulating hormone, a hormone that affects the reproductive system Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy , a disease that causes progressive impairment of muscles Companies