Shimasaki S

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 1988-2011
2011
Integral role of GDF-9 and BMP-15 in ovarian function.
Molecular reproduction and development ·doi:10.1002/mrd.21265

The oocyte plays an important role in regulating and promoting follicle growth, and thereby its own development, by the production of oocyte growth factors that predominantly act on supporting granulosa cells via paracrine signaling. Geneti…

1988
Primary structure of the human follistatin precursor and its genomic organization.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.85.12.4218

Follistatin is a single-chain gonadal protein that specifically inhibits follicle-stimulating hormone release. By use of the recently characterized porcine follistatin cDNA as a probe to screen a human testis cDNA library and a genomic libr…