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2004

Adams JM, Taylor AE, Crowley WF Jr, and Hall JE. Polycystic ovarian morphology with regular ovulatory cycles: Insights into the pathophysiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome. J. Clin. Endo. Metab. 2004 ;89(9):4343-4350.

Crowley WF Jr, Sherwood L, Salber P, Scheinberg D, Slavkin H, Tilson H, Reece EA, Catanese V, Johnson SB, Dobs A, Genel M, Korn A, Reame N, Bonow R, Grebb J, Rimoin D. Clinical research in the United States at a crossroads: proposal for a novel public-private partnership to establish a national clinical research enterprise. JAMA. 2004 Mar 3;291(9):1120-6.

Del Re E, Babitt JL, Pirani A, Schneyer AL, Lin HY. In the absence of type III receptor, the TGF-beta type II-B receptor requires the type I receptor to bind TGF-beta 2. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 21;279(21):22765-72. Epub 2004 Mar 02.

Del Re E, Sidis Y, Fabrizio DA, Lin HY, Schneyer A. Reconstitution and analysis of soluble inhibin and activin recetor complexes in a cell-free system. J. Biol. Chem 2004; In Press.

Dighe AS, Hayes FJ, Khosravi J, Bodani U, Sluss PM. Comparison of inhibin A immunoassays: recommendation for adoption of standardized reporting. Clin Chem. 2004 Apr;50(4):767-9. No abstract available.

Dighe AS, Sluss PM. Improved detection of serum estradiol after sample extraction procedure. Clin Chem. 2004 Apr;50(4):764-6.

Gottsch ML, Cunningham MJ, Smith JT, Popa SM, Acohido BV, Crowley WF, Seminara S, Clifton DK, Steiner RA. A role for kisspeptins in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion in the mouse. 2004 Endocrinol. 145(9): 4073-4077.

Hall JE. Neuroendocrine physiology of the early and late menopause. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2004 Dec;33(4):637-59.

Keutmann HT, Schneyer AL, Sidis Y. The role of follistatin domains in follistatin biological action. Mol Endocrinol. 2004 Jan;18(1):228-40. Epub 2003 Oct 16.

Klein NA, Houmard BS, Hansen KR, Woodruff TK, Sluss PM, Bremner WJ, Soules MR. Age-related analysis of inhibin A, inhibin B, and activin a relative to the intercycle monotropic follicle-stimulating hormone rise in normal ovulatory women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Jun;89(6):2977-81.

Kratz A, Ferraro M, Sluss PM, Lewandrowski KB. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Laboratory reference values. N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 7;351(15):1548-63.

Margolin DH, Ibrahim A, Sims KS, Milunsky JM, Milunsky A, Seminara SB, Chan J, Hedley-Whyte ET. Hypogonadism-ataxia-dementia syndrome with neuronal intranuclear inclusions. 2004 J Neurol Neurosurg Psych. In press.

Meysing AU, Kanasaki H, Bedecarrats GY, Acierno JS Jr, Conn PM, Martin KA, Seminara SB, Hall JE, Crowley WF Jr, Kaiser UB. GNRHR mutations in a woman with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism highlight the differential sensitivity of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone to gonadotropin-releasing hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Jul;89(7):3189-98.

Miura K, Acierno JS Jr, Seminara SB. Characterization of the human nasal embryonic LHRH factor gene, NELF, and a mutation screening among 65 patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH). J Hum Genet. 2004 Apr 15 [Epub ahead of print]

Pitteloud N, Villegas J, Dwyer AA, Crowley WF Jr, McPhaul MJ, Hayes FJ. Acute stress masking the biochemical phenotype of partial androgen insensitivity syndrome in a patient with a novel mutation in the androgen receptor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Mar;89(3):1053-8.

Schneyer A, Sidis Y, Xia Y, Saito S, del Re E, Lin HY, Keutmann H. Differential actions of follistatin and follistatin-like 3. Mol. Cell. Endo. 2004 Oct;225(1-2):25-28.

Schneyer AL, Wang Q, Sidis Y, Sluss PM. Differential distribution of follistatin isoforms: Application of a new FS315-specific immunoassay. J. Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004; 89:5067-75.

Sidis Y, Schneyer AL, Keutmann HT. Heparin and activin-binding determinants in follistatin and FSTL3. Endocrinology 2004; In Press.

Sluss PM, Lee-Lewandrowski E, Flood J, Eichbaum Q, Lewandrowski K. Establishment of a central laboratory serum tumor marker service on a consolidated immunodiagnostic platform: development of practice standards, service improvements, and operational efficiency. Clin Leadersh Manag Rev. 2004 Jan-Feb;18(1):25-31.

Terry KL, Sluss PM, Skates SJ, Mok SC, Ye B, Vitonis AF, Cramer DW. Blood and urine markers for ovarian cancer: a comprehensive review. Dis Markers. 2004;20(2):53-70.

Turgeon JL, McDonnell DP, Martin KA, Wise PM. Hormone therapy: physiological complexity belies therapeutic simplicity. Science 2004; 304 (5675): 1269-73.

Welt CK, Smith PC, Taylor AE. Evidence of early ovarian aging in fragile X premutation carriers. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Sep;89(9):4569-74.

Welt CK, Chan JL, Bullen J, Murphy R, Smith P, DePaoli AM, Karalis A, Mantzoros CS. Recombinant human leptin in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea. N Engl J Med. 2004 Sep 2;351(10):959-62.

Welt CK. Regulation and function of inhibins in the normal menstrual cycle. Semin Reprod Med. 2004 Aug;22(3):187-93.

Welt CK, Hall JE, Adams JM, Taylor AE. Relationship of estradiol and inhibin to the FSH variability in premature ovarian failure. 2004 J Clin Endocrinol Metab (in press).

Xia Y, Sidis Y, Schneyer A. Overexpression of follistatin-like 3 in gonads causes defects in gonadal development and function in transgenic mice. Mol Endocrinol. 2004 Apr;18(4):979-94. Epub 2004 Jan 22.

2003

Acierno JS jr, Shagoury JK, Bo-Abbas Y, Crowley WF Jr, Seminara SB.
(2003) A locus for autosomal recessive idiopathic hypogonadotropic
hypogonadism on chromosome 19p13.3. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003;88:2947-2950.

Bedecarrats GY, Linher KD, Janovick JA, Beranova M, Kada F, Seminara SB, Michael Conn P, Kaiser UB. Four naturally occurring mutations in the human GnRH receptor affect ligand binding and receptor function. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2003 Jul 31;205(1-2):51-64.

Bo-Abbas Y, Acierno JS Jr., Shagoury JK, Crowley WF Jr., Seminara SB.
(2003) Existence of an autosomal recessive locus for idiopathic
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism independent of GnRH and the GnRH receptor
genes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003; 88:2730-2737.

Cramer DW, Sluss PM, Powers RD, McShane P, Ginsburgs ES, Hornstein MD, Vitonis AF, Barbieri RL. Serum prolactin and TSH in an in vitro fertilization population: is there a link between fertilization and thyroid function? J Assist Reprod Genet. 2003 Jun;20(6):210-5.

Crowley WF. Translation of basic research into useful treatments: how often does it occur? Am J Med 2003; 114(6):503-505.

Ellison MA and Hall JE. Social stigma and compounded losses: quality-of-life issues for multiple-birth families. Fertility and Sterility 2003:80:405-414.

Houmard BS, Hansen KA, Woodruff TK, Sluss PM, Bremner WJ, Soules MR, Klein NA. Age-related analysis of inhibin A and B relative to the intercycle monotropic FSH rise in normal ovulatory women. Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2003 Apr;64(2):86. No abstract available.

Jain T, Klein NA, Lee DM, Sluss PM, Soules MR. Endocrine assessment of relative reproductive age in normal eumenorrheic younger and older women across multiple cycles. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Oct;189(4):1080-4.

Joffe H, Hall JE, Cohen LS, Taylor AE, Baldessarini RJ. A putative relationship between valproic acid and polycystic ovarian syndrome: implications for treatment of women with seizure and bipolar disorders. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2003 Mar-Apr,11(2):99-108. Review. No abstract available.

Kratz A, Lewandrowski KB, Siegel AJ, Sluss PM, Chun KY, Flood JG, Lee-Lewandrowski E. Effect of marathon running on total and free serum prostate-specific antigen concentrations. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Mar;127(3):345-8.

Leupen SM, Tobet SA, Crowley WF Jr, Kaila K. Heterogeneous expression of the potassium-chloride cotransporter KCC2 in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons of the adult mouse. Endocrinology. 2003 Jul;144(7):3031-6.

Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Lee IM, Ridker PM, Sluss PM, Cook NR, Buring JE. Sex hormone levels and risk of cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women. Circulation. 2003 Oct 7;108(14):1688-93.

Schneyer A, Schoen A, Quigg A, Sidis Y. Differential binding and neutralization of activins A and B by follistatin and follistatin like-3 (FSTL-3/FSRP/FLRG).
Endocrinology. 2003 May;144(5):1671-4.

Seminara SB, Messager S, Chatzidaki EE, Thresher RR, Acierno JS Jr, Shagoury JK, Bo-Abbas Y, Kuohung W, Schwinof KM, Hendrick AG, Zahn D, Dixon J, Kaiser UB, Slaugenhaupt SA, Gusella JF, O'Rahilly S, Carlton MB, Crowley WF Jr, Aparicio SA, Colledge WH. The GPR54 gene as a regulator of puberty. N Engl J Med. 2003 Oct 23;349(17):1614-27.

Sung NS, Crowley WF, Jr., Genel M et al. Central challenges facing the national clinical research enterprise. JAMA 2003; 289(10):1278-1287.

Welt CK, Pagan YL, Smith PC, Rado KB, Hall JE. Control of follicle-stimulating hormone by estradiol and the inhibins: Critical role of estradiol at the hypothalamus during the luteal-follicular transition. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88(4):1766-1771.

Welt CK, Schneyer AL, Heist K, Mantzoros CS. Leptin and soluble leptin receptor in follicular fluid. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2003 Dec;20(12):495-501.

Yialamas MA, Hayes FJ. Androgens and the aging male and female. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Jun;17(2):223-36. Review.

2002

Gill S, Sharpless JL, Rado K, Hall JE. Evidence that GnRH decreases with gonadal steroid feedback but increases with age in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(5):2290-2296.

Gill S, Lavoie HB, Bo-Abbas Y, Hall JE. Negative feedback effects of gonadal steroids are preserved with aging in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(5):2297-2302.

Gyurko R, Leupen SM, and Huang PL. Deletion of exon 6 of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene results in hypogonadism and infertility in Mice. Endocrinology 2002; 143(7):2767-74.

Hayes FJ, Pitteloud N, DeCruz S, Crowley WF Jr, Boepple PA. Importance of inhibin B in the regulation of FSH secretion in the human male. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001;86: 5541-5546.

Joffe H, Hall JE, Soares CN et al. Vasomotor symptoms are associated with depression in perimenopausal women seeking primary care. Menopause 2002; 9(6):392-398.

Klein NA, Harper AJ, Houmard BS, Sluss PM, Soules MR. Is the short follicular phase in older women secondary to advanced or accelerated dominant follicle development? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(12):5746-5750.

Layman LC, Porto AL, Xie J et al. FSH beta gene mutations in a female with partial breast development and a male sibling with normal puberty and azoospermia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(8):3702-3707.

McNagny SE, Wenger NK, Hilmy N, Banarer S, Barton M, Dubey RK, Davis SR, Manson JE, Martin KA. Postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jan 3;346(1):63-65.

Pitteloud N, Hayes FJ, Boepple PA, DeCruz S, Seminara SB, MacLaughlin DT, Crowley WF, Jr. The role of prior pubertal development, biochemical markers of testicular maturation, and genetics in elucidating the phenotypic heterogeneity of idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002;87:152-160.

Pitteloud N, Hayes FJ, Dwyer A, Boepple PA, Lee H, Crowley WF, Jr. Predictors of outcome of long-term GnRH therapy in men with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(9):4128-4136.

Schneyer A, Welt C. Reproductive endocrinology of inhibin, activin, and follistatin. Endocrinology Rounds. 2002;1:1-6.

Seminara SB, Crowley WF, Jr. Genetic approaches to unraveling reproductive disorders: examples of bedside to bench research in the genomic era. Endocr Rev 2002; 23(3):382-392.

Seminara SB, Acierno JS, Jr., Abdulwahid NA, Crowley WF, Jr., Margolin DH. Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and cerebellar ataxia: detailed phenotypic characterization of a large, extended kindred. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(4):1607-1612.

Sidis Y, Tortoriello DV, Holmes WE, Pan Y, Keutmann HT, Schneyer AL. Follistatin-related protein and follistatin differentially neutralize endogenous vs. exogenous activin. Endocrinology 2002; 143(5):1613-1624.

Taylor AE, Stubbs C, Singer DE, Curhan G, Crowley WF, Jr. An instrument for determining the amount of NIH support for clinical investigations at one academic health center. Acad Med 2002; 77(8):824-830.

Welt CK, Taylor AE, Martin KA, Hall JE. Serum inhibin B in polycystic ovary syndrome: regulation by insulin and luteinizing hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87(12):5559-5565.

Welt C, Sidis Y, Keutmann H, Schneyer A. Activins, inhibins, and follistatins: from endocrinology to signaling. A paradigm for the new millennium. Exp Biol Med (Maywood ) 2002; 227(9):724-752.

Welt CK. The Physiology and pathophysiology of inhibin, activin and follistatin in female reproduction. Current Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2002;14:317-323.

2001

Anderson EJ, Lavoie HB, Strauss CC, Hubbard JL, Sharpless JL, Hall JE. Body composition and energy balance: lack of effect of short-term hormone replacement in postmenopausal women. Metabolism 2001; 50(3):265-269.

Beranova M, Oliveira LMB, Bedecarrats G, Schipani E, Vallejo M, Ammini P, Quintos JB, Hall JE, Martin KA, Hayes FJ, Pittleloud N, Kaiser U, Crowley Jr WF, Seminara SB. Incidence, spectrum, and modes of inheritance of GnRH receptor mutations in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001; 86:1580-1588.

Fujiwara T, Sidis Y, Welt C, Lambert-Messerlian G, Fox J, Taylor A, Schneyer AL. Dynamics of inhibin subunit and follistatin mRNA during development of normal and PCOS follicles. J Clin Endo Metab 2001; 86:4206-15.

Gill S, Taylor AE, Martin KA, Welt CK, Adams JM, Hall JE. Specific factors predict the response to pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone therapy in polycystic ovarian syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Jun;86(6):2428-36.

Hall JE, Gill S. Neuroendocrine aspects of aging in women. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2001; 30(3):631-646.

Hayes FJ, DeCruz, Seminara SB, Boepple PA, Crowley WF Jr. Differential regulation of gonadotropin secretion by testosterone in the human male: absence of a negative feedback effect of testosterone on FSH secretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001; 86:53-58.

Joffe H, Taylor AE, Hall JE. Polycystic ovarian syndrome--relationship to epilepsy and antiepileptic drug therapy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001; 86(7):2946-2949.

Oliveira LMB, Seminara SB, Beranova, Hayes FJ, Valkenburgh SB, Costa EMF, Schipani E, Latronico AC, Crowley WF Jr, Vallejo M. Novel mutations of the KAL gene in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: neuroendocrine characteristics, modes of inheritance, and genotype-phentoype correlations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001; 86:1532-1538.

Perkins RB, Hall JE, Martin KA. Aetiology, previous menstrual function and patterns of neuro-endocrine disturbance as prognostic indicators in hypothalamic amenorrhoea. Hum Reprod. 2001 Oct;16(10):2198-205.

Schneyer A, Tortoriello D, Sidis Y, Keutmann H, Matsuzaki T, Holmes W. Follistatin-related protein (FSRP): A new member of the follistatin gene family. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2001; 180:33-38.

Sidis Y, Schneyer AL, Sluss PM, Johnson LN, Keutmann HT. Follistatin: Essential role for the N-terminal domain in activin binding and neutralization. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:17718-26.

Tortoriello DV, Sidis Y, Holtzman DA, Holmes WA, Schneyer AL. Human follistatin-related protein: A structural homologue of follistatin with nuclear localization. Endocrinol 2001; 142:3426-34.

Welt CK, McNicholl DJ, Taylor AE, Hall JE. Female reproductive aging is marked by decreased secretion of dimeric inhibin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999; 84:105-111. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Jun;86(6):2428-36.

Welt CK, Schneyer AL. Differential regulation of inhibin B and inhibin A by FSH and local growth factors in human granulosa cells from small antral follicles. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001; 86:330-336.

Welt CK, Smith ZA, Pauler DK, Hall JE. Differential regulation of inhibin A and inhibin B by LH, FSH and stage of follicle development. 2001; 86:2531-2537.

2000

Fujiwara T, Lambert-Messerlian G, Sidis Y, Leykin L, Isaacson K, Toth T, Schneyer A. Analysis of follicular fluid hormone concentrations and granulosa cell mRNA levels for the inhibin/activin follistatin system: Relationship to oocyte/embryo characteristics. Fertility and Sterility 2000; 74:348-55.

Hall JE, Lavoie HB, Marsh EE, Martin KA. Decrease in GnRH pulse frequency with aging in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000;85:1794-1800.

Hayes FJ. Testosterone - Fountain of Youth or Drug of Abuse? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000: 85:3020-3023.

Hayes FJ, Seminara SB, DeCruz S, Boepple PA, Crowley WF Jr. Aromatase inhibition in the human male reveals a hypothalamic site of estrogen feedback. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2000; 85:3027-3035.

Schneyer A, Fujiwara T, Fox J, Welt C, Adams J, Messerlian G, Taylor A. 2000. Dynamic changes in the intrafollicular inhibin/activin/follistatin axis during human follicular development: Relationship to circulating hormone concentrations. J Clin Endo Metab 2000; 85:3319-30.

Seminara SB, Beranova M, Oliveira LM, Martin KA, Crowley WF, Jr., Hall JE. Successful use of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) for ovulation induction and pregnancy in a patient with GnRH receptor mutations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85(2):556-562.

Urbanek M, Wu X, Vickery KR, Kao L, Christenson LK, Schneyer A, Legro RS, Driscoll DA, Strauss JF, Dunaif A, Spielman RS. Allelic variants of the follistatin gene in polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endo Metab 2000; 85:4455-61.

Wang Q, Keutmann H, Schneyer A, Sluss P. Analysis of human follistatin structure: Identification of two discontinuous N-terminal sequences coding for activin-A binding and structural consequences of activin binding to native proteins. Endocrinology, 2000; 141:3183-93.

Welt C, Schneyer A. 2000. Differential regulation of inhibin B and inhibin A by FSH and local growth factors in human granulosa cells from small antral follicles. J Clin Endo Metab 2000; 85:330-6.

1999

Delbaere A, Sidis Y, Schneyer AL. Differential response to exogenous activin in a human ovarian teratocarcinoma-derived cell line (PA-1): regulation by cell surface follistatin. Endocrinology 1999;140:2463-2470.

Hall JE, Welt CK, Cramer DW. Inhibin A and inhibin B reflect ovarian function in assisted reproduction but are less useful at predicting outcome. Human Reproduction 1999; 84:409-415.

Hayes FJ, Welt CK, Martin KA, Crowley WF, Jr. GnRH deficiency: Differential diagnosis and treatment. Endocrinologist 1999;9:36-44.

Seminara SB, Achermann JC, Genel M, Jameson JL, Crowley WF Jr. X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita: a mutation in DAX1 expands the phenotypic spectrum in males and females. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999; 84:4501-9.

Seminara SB, Beranova M, Oliveira LMB, Martin KA, Crowley WF Jr., Hall JE. Successful use of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) for ovulation induction and pregnancy in a patient with GnRH receptor mutations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999; 85:556-562.

Welt CK, Adams JA, Sluss PM, Hall JE. Inhibin A and inhibin B response to gonadotropin withdrawal depends on stage of follicle development. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999;84:2163-2169.

Welt CK, McNicholl DJ, Taylor AE, Hall JE. Female reproductive aging is marked by decreased secretion of dimeric inhibin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:105-111.

1998

Di Simone N, Hall HA, Welt C, Schneyer AL. Activin regulates ?A and activin receptor mRNA and cellular proliferation in activin-responsive testicular tumor (TT) cells. Endocrinology 1998; 139:1147-1155.

Hall JE, Taylor AE, Hayes FJ, Crowley WF Jr. Insights into hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction in polycystic ovarian syndrome. J Endocrinol Invest 1998; 21:602-611.

Hayes FJ, Hall JE, Boepple PA, Crowley WF, Jr. Differential regulation of gonadotropin secretion in the human: endocrine role of inhibin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998; 83:1835-184.

Hayes FJ, Taylor AE, Martin KM, Hall JE. Use of a GnRH antagonist as a physiologic probe in polycystic ovary syndrome: assessment of neuroendocrine and androgen dynamics. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998; 83:2343-2349.

Martin KA, Welt CK, Taylor AE, Smith JA, Crowley Jr WF, Hall JE. Is GnRH reduced at the midcycle surge in the human? Evidence from a GnRH-deficient model. Neuroendocrinol 1998;67:363-369.

McConnell DS, Want QF, Sluss PM, Bolt N, Khoury RH, Schneyer AL, Midgley AR, Reame NE, Crowley WF, Padmanabhan V. A two-site chemiluminescent assay for activin-free follistatin reveals that most follistatin circulating in men and normal cycling women is in an activin-bound state. J Clin Endo Metab. 1998; 83:851-858.

Seminara SB*, Hayes FJ*, Crowley Jr, WF. GnRH deficiency in the human (Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism & Kallmann's syndrome): Pathophysiologic and genetic considerations. Endo Rev 1998;19:521-539.

Sidis Y, Fujiwara T, Leykin L, Isaacson K, Toth T, Schneyer AL. Characterization of Inhibin/activin Subunit, Activin Receptor and Follistatin mRNA in Human and Mouse Oocytes: Evidence For Activin's Intrafollicular Paracrine Role. Biology of Reproduction 1998;59:807-812.

Zheng W, Luo M, Welt C, Lambert-Messerlian G, Sung C, Shang Z, Ying S, Schneyer A, Lauchlan SC, and Felix JC. Imbalanced expression of inhibin and activin subunits in primary epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 1998; 69:23-31.