Kua kitea i roto i te 1986, activin whakarei ake FSH biosynthesis me te secretion, me te whai wāhi i roto i te ture o te huringa marama. Kua kitea maha atu ngā mahi ki te kia mahia e activin, tae atu ki ngā tūranga i roto i te pūtau whakatipu, rerekētanga, apoptosis, metabolism, homeostasis, urupare ārai mate, whara hanga, me te mahi endocrine. Heoi, inhibin downregulates FSH synthesis me inhibits FSH secretion. i whakaaro te oraraa o inhibin rite wawe rite 1916; Heoi, kihai i kitea te reira ki Schenawartz me Cornelia Channing mahi i roto i te waenganui o te 1970, i muri i nei i whakaahuatia e rua pūmua pūkoro.
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