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11695842

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
Specific assays have been developed for bioactive inhibin dimers, inhibin A and B, and inhibin alpha-subunit precursor pro alphaC. To better understand the role of serum inhibin pro alphaC in infertile men, the authors measured these forms of inhibin in sera from 39 infertile men and analyzed inhibin relationships with serum gonadotropins, testosterone, and estradiol. All subjects had oligozoospermia. Inhibin A levels were undetectable in all subjects. Inhibin B concentrations were 117 +/- 59 pg/mL. Inhibit B concentrations correlated negatively with serum FSH (r = .584, p < .0001) and positively with sperm count (p < .01) and bilateral testicular volume (r = .607, p < .0001). The concentration of pro alphaC was 556 +/- 236 pg/mL (normal range, 446 +/- 28). Inhibin pro alphaC showed no correlation with serum FSH, LH, testosterone, sperm concentration, and bilateral testicular volume. In addition, inhibin pro alphaC was not correlated with inhibin B. Pro alphaC is unlikely to be a useful marker for spermatogenesis in infertile men compared with inhibin B.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-5016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum inhibin pro alphaC in infertile men.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan. masato@med.Kobe-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article