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What does the hormone inhibin do?


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Inhibin:

  1. Inhibin is a protein secreted by the Sertoli cells in men and by the granulosa cells in women.
  2. It inhibits the synthesis and release of the follicle-stimulating hormone in the pituitary gland and reduces the hypothalamic LH - releasing hormone content.
  3. The inhibin act as a specific antagonist of the FSH stimulatory actions of activin by binding to beta glycan and sequestering the type-II activin receptors.
  4. Inhibin is mainly produced in the gonads and provides negative regulation of FSH secretion from the pituitary, but also has paracrine/autocrine actions in the gonads and adrenal gland.

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