Luteinizing hormone

Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide
Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide
Identifiers
Symbol	LHB
NCBI gene	3972
HGNC	6584
OMIM	152780
RefSeq	NM_000894
UniProt	P01229
Other data
Locus	Chr. 19 q13.3
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Chorionic Luteinizing hormone alpha
Chorionic Luteinizing hormone alpha
Identifiers
Symbol	CGA
Alt. symbols	HCG, GPHa, GPHA1
NCBI gene	1081
HGNC	1885
OMIM	118850
RefSeq	NM_000735
UniProt	P01215
Other data
Locus	Chr. 6 q14-q21
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Luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as luteinising hormone,^[1] lutropin and sometimes lutrophin^[2]) is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland. The production of LH is regulated by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus.^[3] In females, an acute rise of LH known as an LH surge, triggers ovulation^[4] and development of the corpus luteum. In males, where LH had also been called interstitial cell–stimulating hormone (ICSH),^[5] it stimulates Leydig cell production of testosterone.^[4] It acts synergistically with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).

^ GCSE Science Revision Biology "The Menstrual Cycle", 17 April 2018, retrieved 23 March 2022
^ Ujihara M, Yamamoto K, Nomura K, Toyoshima S, Demura H, Nakamura Y, et al. (June 1992). "Subunit-specific sulphation of oligosaccharides relating to charge-heterogeneity in porcine lutrophin isoforms". Glycobiology. 2 (3): 225–231. doi:10.1093/glycob/2.3.225. PMID 1498420.
^ Stamatiades GA, Kaiser UB (March 2018). "Gonadotropin regulation by pulsatile GnRH: Signaling and gene expression". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. Signaling Pathways Regulating Pituitary Functions. 463: 131–141. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2017.10.015. PMC 5812824. PMID 29102564.
^ ^a ^b Nosek TM. "Section 5/5ch9/s5ch9_5". Essentials of Human Physiology. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
^ Louvet JP, Harman SM, Ross GT (May 1975). "Effects of human chorionic gonadotropin, human interstitial cell stimulating hormone and human follicle-stimulating hormone on ovarian weights in estrogen-primed hypophysectomized immature female rats". Endocrinology. 96 (5): 1179–1186. doi:10.1210/endo-96-5-1179. PMID 1122882.

[1] GCSE Science Revision Biology "The Menstrual Cycle", 17 April 2018, retrieved 23 March 2022

[2] Ujihara M, Yamamoto K, Nomura K, Toyoshima S, Demura H, Nakamura Y, et al. (June 1992). "Subunit-specific sulphation of oligosaccharides relating to charge-heterogeneity in porcine lutrophin isoforms". Glycobiology. 2 (3): 225–231. doi:10.1093/glycob/2.3.225. PMID 1498420.

[3] Stamatiades GA, Kaiser UB (March 2018). "Gonadotropin regulation by pulsatile GnRH: Signaling and gene expression". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. Signaling Pathways Regulating Pituitary Functions. 463: 131–141. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2017.10.015. PMC 5812824. PMID 29102564.

[Georgia-4] Nosek TM. "Section 5/5ch9/s5ch9_5". Essentials of Human Physiology. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.

[5] Louvet JP, Harman SM, Ross GT (May 1975). "Effects of human chorionic gonadotropin, human interstitial cell stimulating hormone and human follicle-stimulating hormone on ovarian weights in estrogen-primed hypophysectomized immature female rats". Endocrinology. 96 (5): 1179–1186. doi:10.1210/endo-96-5-1179. PMID 1122882.

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