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Gonadotropins

"Gonadotropins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Hormones that stimulate gonadal functions such as GAMETOGENESIS and sex steroid hormone production in the OVARY and the TESTIS. Major gonadotropins are glycoproteins produced primarily by the adenohypophysis (GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY) and the placenta (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN). In some species, pituitary PROLACTIN and PLACENTAL LACTOGEN exert some luteotropic activities.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gonadotropins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gonadotropins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1995 and 1997 and 1999 and 2002 and 2004 and 2012 and 2013 and 2014 and 2015 and 2018 and 2019 and 2021 and 2022 and 2023
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