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15319827
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The inhibin alpha subunit appears to play an important role in determining whether inhibin or activin is produced in cells.
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16517100
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Identification of a follistatin-related protein from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis and its effect on tick oviposition.
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16517100
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A gene encoding a follistatin-related protein (FRP) was obtained by random sequencing from the ovary cDNA library of the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis.
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16517100
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The sequence shows homology with the follistatin-related protein (FRP), which was thought to play some roles in the negative regulation of cellular growth.
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16517100
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The recombinant proteins were found to have binding activity for both activin A and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2).
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18156495
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Activin-A: a novel dendritic cell-derived cytokine that potently attenuates CD40 ligand-specific cytokine and chemokine production.
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18156495
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Human monocyte-derived DCs (MoDCs) and the CD1c(+) and CD123(+) peripheral blood DC populations express both activin-A and the type I and II activin receptors.
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18156495
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Furthermore, MoDCs and CD1c(+) myeloid DCs rapidly secrete high levels of activin-A after exposure to bacteria, specific toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands, or CD40 ligand (CD40L).
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18156495
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Blocking autocrine activin-A signaling in DCs using its antagonist, follistatin, enhanced DC cytokine (IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p70, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-alpha]) and chemokine (IL-8, IP-10, RANTES, and MCP-1) production during CD40L stimulation, but not TLR-4 ligation.
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24211168
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Inhibin and follistatin are known to reduce fecundity by inhibiting the actions of activin and FSH.
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