Selected Reading
- Bardin CW et al: Proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides in testis, ovary, and tissues of reproduction. Recent Prog Horm Res 43:1, 1987
- Bardin CW et al: The action of pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides on testicular cells. Ann NY Acad Sci 512:308. 1987
- Fabbri A et al: β-Endorphin production by the fetal Leydig cell: Regulation and implications for paracrine control of Sertoli cell function. Endocrinology 122:749, 1988
- Hsueh AJW et al: Heterodimers and homodimers of inhibin subunits have different paracrine action in the modulation of luteinizing hormone-stimulated androgen biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84: 5082, 1987
- Shaha C et al: Demonstration of immunoreactive β-endorphin and γ3-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-related peptides in the ovaries of neonatal, cyclic, and pregnant mice. Endocrinology 115:378, 1984
- Tsong S-D et al: β-Endorphin is present in the male reproductive tract of five species. Biol Reprod 27:755. 1982
- Bardin CW et al: Testicular inhibin: Structure and regulation by FSH, androgens and ESF. In Inhibin-Non-Steroidal Regulation of Follicle Stimulating Hormone Secretion, Burger HG et al (Eds). Raven Press, New York. 1987. pp 179–190