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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2009

The hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator: multiple regulatory mechanisms.

Lazar Z Krsmanovic, Lian Hu, Po-Ki Leung, Hao Feng, Kevin J Catt

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Kisspeptin-10 is a potent stimulator of LH and increases pulse frequency in men.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2011
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  10. The Roles of Androgens in Humans: Biology, Metabolic Regulation and Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. The Role of the Guanosine Nucleotide-Binding Protein in the Corpus Luteum.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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  14. Hormonal Changes in High-Level Aerobic Male Athletes during a Sports Season.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  18. Impairments in the reproductive axis of female mice lacking estrogen receptor β in GnRH neurons.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2018
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  20. Electrical synapses connect a network of gonadotropin releasing hormone neurons in a cichlid fish.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Lazar Z KrsmanovicSection on Hormonal Regulation, Program on Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Lian Hu
Po-Ki Leung
Hao Feng
Kevin J Catt
National Institute of Child Health · HU

Funding

Regulation of the Hypothalamic GnRH NeuronZIAHD000184 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI CATT, KEVIN J · 2009 to 2012
$5.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release is an intrinsic property of hypothalamic GnRH neurons. Pulse generation has been attributed to multiple specific mechanisms, including spontaneous electrical activity of GnRH neurons, calcium and cAMP signaling, a GnRH receptor autocrine regulatory component, a GnRH concentration-dependent switch in GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) coupling to specific G proteins, the expression of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and steroid receptors, and homologous and heterologous interactions between cell membrane receptors expressed in GnRH neurons. The coexistence of multiple regulatory mechanisms for pulsatile GnRH secretion provides a high degree of redundancy in maintaining this crucial component of the mammalian reproductive process. These studies provide insights into the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in GnRH neuronal function.

Indexed as

AnimalsGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHumansHypothalamusModels, BiologicalPituitary GlandReceptors, EstrogenSignal TransductionGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneReceptors, Estrogen

Identifiers

PMID19740674
PMCPMC2769988
OpenAlexW2019435910

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