Kisspeptin across the human lifespan: Evidence from animal studies and beyond

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2016, Pages R83-R98

  Clarke, Sophie A ^a   Dhillo, Waljit S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Human; Kisspeptin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METASTIN; TESTOSTERONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KISSPEPTINS; LIGANDS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84977674066     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-15-0538     Document Type: Review

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