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Immunogen sequence: MVLHLLLFLL LTPQGGHSCQ GLELARELVL AKVRALFLDA LGPPAVTREG GDPGVRRLPR RHALGGFTHR GSEPEEEEDV SQAILFPATD ASCEDKSAAR GLAQEAEEGL FRYMFRPSQH TRSRQVTSAQ LWFHTGLDRQ GTAASNSSEP LLGLLALSPG GPVAVPMSLG HAPPHWAVLH LATSALSLLT HPVLVLLLRC PLCTCSARPE ATPFLVAHTR TRPPSGGERA RRSTPLMSWP WSPSALRLLQ RPPEEPAAHA NCHRVALNIS FQELGWERWI VYPPSFIFHY CHGGCGLHIP PNLSLPVPGA PPTPAQPYSL LPGAQPCCAA LPGTMRPLHV RTTSDGGYSF KYETVPNLLT QHCACI
The inhibin alpha subunit joins either the beta A or beta B subunit to form a pituitary FSH secretion inhibitor. Inhibin has been shown to regulate gonadal stromal cell proliferation negatively and to have tumor-suppressor activity. In addition, serum levels of inhibin have been shown to reflect the size of granulosa-cell tumors and can therefore be used as a marker for primary as well as recurrent disease. However, in prostate cancer, expression of the inhibin alpha-subunit gene was suppressed and was not detectable in poorly differentiated tumor cells. Furthermore, because expression in gonadal and various extragonadal tissues may vary severalfold in a tissue-specific fashion, it is proposed that inhibin may be both a growth/differentiation factor and a hormone.
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Protein Aliases: A inhibin subunit; A-inhibin subunit; IHA; inhibin; Inhibin alpha chain
Gene Aliases: INHA
UniProt ID: (Human) P05111
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 3623
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