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Activin Regulation

Activin Regulation is a molecular signaling mechanism within the broader category of endocrine-paracrine regulatory systems that specifically governs the biosynthesis, secretion, and antagonistic modulation of activins—members of the TGF-β superfamily—to control spermatogenesis, Sertoli cell function, and testicular homeostasis.

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Mutations in the activin receptor–like kinase 1 gene in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia type 2

David W. Johnson, Jonathan Berg, Melanie A. Baldwin et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

Takanori Nakamura, Koji Takio, Yuzuru Eto et al. · Science · 1990 · 878 citations

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Follistatin, an antagonist of activin, is expressed in the Spemann organizer and displays direct neuralizing activity

Ali Hemmati‐Brivanlou, Olivia Kelly, Douglas A. Melton · Cell · 1994 · 759 citations

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Expression cloning of an activin receptor, a predicted transmembrane serine kinase

Lawrence S. Mathews, Wylie Vale · Cell · 1991 · 751 citations

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Identification of a potent Xenopus mesoderm-inducing factor as a homologue of activin A

James C. Smith, Brenda M. J. Price, K. Van Nimmen et al. · Nature · 1990 · 660 citations

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    Wylie Vale

    Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States

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    Teresa K. Woodruff

    Northwestern University, United States

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    Itaru Kojima

    Gunma University, Japan

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    Yuzuru Eto

    Ajinomoto (Japan), Japan

    24 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Mark P. Hedger

    Monash University, Australia

    23 publications · 763 citations

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