Gonadotropini (glikoproteinski hormoni ) suproteinski hormoni koje izlučujugonodotrpne ćelije anteriorne hipofize kičmenjaka .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Ova familija proteina obuhvata sisarske hormone:folikulostimulišući hormon (FSH),luteinizirajući hormon (LH), posteljičnehorionske gonadotropine hCG i eCG[ 4] i horionski gonadotropin (CG), kao i bar dve forme ribljih gonadotropina. Ovi hormoni su centralni u kompleksnomendokrinom sistemu koji reguliše normalni rast,seksualno razviće , i reproduktivnu funkciju.[ 5] LH i FSH hormone izlučuje anteriornahipofiza , dok se hCG i eCG izlučuju izposteljice .[ 6]
Gonadotropin se ponekad skaćeno obeležava saGn .
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