Itaru Minagawa

The Insulin-Like Factor 3 (INSL3)-Receptor (RXFP2) Network Functions as a Germ Cell Survival/Anti-Apoptotic Factor in Boar Testes

Dai Sagata, Itaru Minagawa, Hiroshi Kohriki et al. · Endocrinology · 2015 · 49 citations · Full text

Spermatogenesis, Insulin-like Factor 3, Immunology +29

Relaxin-like factor (RLF)/insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is secreted from testicular Leydig cells as a monomeric protein comprising three domains B–C–A with full biological activity in boars

Itaru Minagawa, Masafumi Fukuda, H. Ishige et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2011 · 45 citations · Full text

Spermatogenesis, Molecular Biology, Monomeric Structure +21

Efficacy of relaxin for cisplatin-induced testicular dysfunction and epididymal spermatotoxicity

Tetsuya Kohsaka, Itaru Minagawa, Masashi Morimoto et al. · Basic and Clinical Andrology · 2020 · 37 citations · Full text

Dynamics of insulin-like factor 3 and its receptor expression in boar testes

Itaru Minagawa, Dai Sagata, Ali Mohammed Pitia et al. · Journal of Endocrinology · 2014 · 28 citations · Full text

Evidence for the role of INSL3 on sperm production in boars by passive immunisation

Itaru Minagawa, Yoji Murata, Kihei Terada et al. · Andrologia · 2018 · 21 citations

Spermatogenesis, Testis Weight, Fertility +19