BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic significance of
preoperative serum inhibin and activin levels in postmenopausal women with epithelial�…

Ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) is the tissue of origin for the majority of ovarian cancers.
The mechanism underlying the neoplastic transformation of OSE to ovarian cancer is poorly�…

Activins and inhibins, which belong to the TGFβ family, are composed of different
combinations of α-, βA-, and βB-subunits, resulting in inhibin A (αβA), inhibin B (αβB), activin�…

Background Inhibins (INH) are dimeric glycoproteins, composed of an alpha subunit (INH-α)
and one of two possible beta subunits (INH-βA or INH-βB). They have substantial roles in�…

Introduction Inhibins, dimeric peptide hormones composed of an α subunit and one of two
possible β subunits (betaA or betaB), exhibit substantial roles in human reproduction and in�…

Serum inhibin levels are elevated in postmenopausal women with granulosa and mucinous
epithelial tumors of the ovary. In contrast, functional deletion of the inhibin α gene in male�…

Recent studies have indicated that activin and inhibin may act as local regulators of cell
growth and steroidogenesis in the human ovary. We studied the effect of recombinant�…

Inhibin is a polypeptide hormone produced by the granulosa cells of the ovary, and is
present in body fluids as dimers of various sizes each comprising an alpha-and beta�…

The aim of our study was to examine serum inhibin A and inhibin B concentrations in
ovarian cancer patients in relation to clinicopathological features and 5-year survival�…

Inhibins are dimeric glycoproteins composed of an alpha (α) subunit and one of two possible
beta (β-) subunits (βA or βB). The aims of this study were to assess the frequency and tissue�…