Follicle-stimulating hormone synthesis and fertility depend on SMAD4 and FOXL2.

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Published in FASEB J on April 16, 2014

Authors

Jérôme Fortin1, Ulrich Boehm2, Chu-Xia Deng3, Mathias Treier4, Daniel J Bernard1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; jerome.fortin@mail.mcgill.ca daniel.bernard@mcgill.ca.
2: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Saarland School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany;
3: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; and.
4: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.

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