Kuzivikanwa muna 1986, activin kunowedzera FSH biosynthesis uye secretion, uye anotora chikamu mukugadzirisa kwemwedzi. Mamwe mabasa akawanda akawanikwa kuti anoshandiswa ne activin, kusanganisira mabasa mu cell proliferation, kusiyanisa, apoptosis, metabolism, homeostasis, immune response, ronda kugadzirisa, uye endocrine basa. Zvakare, inhibin inoderedza FSH synthesis uye inhibits FSH secretion. Kuvapo kwe inhibin kwaifungidzirwa kare kare sa1916; zvisinei, haina kuratidzwa kuti iripo kusvikira Schenawartz naCornelia Channing pakati pemakore ekuma1970, mushure mekunge mapuroteni maviri aya akafananidzwa nema molecular.
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