Role of estrogen receptors (ERs) and G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) in regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis and spermatogenesis
Male reproductive function is under the control of both gonadotropins and androgens through a negative feedback loop that involves the hypothalamus, pituitary and testis known as hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG). Indeed, also estrogens play an important role in regulating HPG axis but the r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00001/full |