Bentley GE

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

2012

Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH): discovery, progress and prospect.

General and comparative endocrinology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.013

A hypothalamic neuropeptide, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), is the primary factor regulating gonadotropin secretion. An inhibitory hypothalamic neuropeptide for gonadotropin secretion was, until recently, unknown, although gonadal s…

2009

Identification of human GnIH homologs, RFRP-1 and RFRP-3, and the cognate receptor, GPR147 in the human hypothalamic pituitary axis.

PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008400

The existence of a hypothalamic gonadotropin-inhibiting system has been elusive. A neuropeptide named gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH, SIKPSAYLPLRF-NH(2)) which directly inhibits gonadotropin synthesis and release from the pituitary w…