A selective increase in circulating inhibin and inhibin pro-aC at the time of ovulation in the mare
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KENTARO NAGAOKA,1 YASUO NAMBO,2 NATSUKO NAGAMINE,1,4 SHUN-ICHI NAGATA,3 YUMIKO TANAKA,1 HIROMI SHINBO,1 NOBUO TSUNODA,4 HIROYUKI TANIYAMA,5 GEN WATANABE,1 NIGEL P. GROOME,6 AND KAZUYOSHI TAYA1 1Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509; 2Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Tochigi 320-0856; 3Laboratory of Racing Chemistry, Tochigi 320-0851; 4Shadai Corporation, Hokkaido 059-1432; and 5Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido 069-0836, Japan; and 6School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
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A selective increase in circulating inhibin and inhibin pro-αC at the time of ovulation in the mare.
The relationship between a selective increase in circulating immunoreactive (ir)-inhibin and the time of ovulation was investigated in mares. Concentrations of plasma ir-inhibin were measured every 4 h during the periovulatory period. Inhibin pro-αC, a precursor protein of the inhibin α-subunit, was also measured. The changes in ir-inhibin and inhibin pro-αC in circulation were parallel. Concen...
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