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Circulating prolactin concentration in rodents and humans is sexually dimorphic. Oestrogens are a well‐characterised stimulator of prolactin release. Circulating prolactin fluctuates throughout the menstrual/oestrous cycle of females in response to… Click to show full abstract
Circulating prolactin concentration in rodents and humans is sexually dimorphic. Oestrogens are a well‐characterised stimulator of prolactin release. Circulating prolactin fluctuates throughout the menstrual/oestrous cycle of females in response to oestrogen levels, but remains continually low in males. We have previously identified androgens as an inhibitor of prolactin release through characterisation of males of a mouse line with a conditional pituitary androgen receptor knockout (PARKO) which have an increase in circulating prolactin, but unchanged lactotroph number.
Journal Title: Andrology
Year Published: 2021
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