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Development, validation and application of an ultra-sensitive two-site enzyme immunoassay for human follistatin by Evans, LW, Muttukrishna, S, Groome, NP

“…Recent studies have found follistatin to be an important regulator of activin bioactivity. Whilst a number of assay formats have been described, all are of…”
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Increased maternal serum activin A but not follistatin levels in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders by D'Antona, D, Reis, FM, Benedetto, C, Evans, LW, Groome, NP, de Kretser, DM, Wallace, EM, Petraglia, F

“…Activin A levels are elevated in maternal serum of pregnant women with hypertensive disturbances. Because follistatin is a circulating binding protein for…”
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Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1, Activin and Follistatin in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Patients with Alcoholic Cirrhosis by Yuen, M.-F., Norris, S., Evans, L. W., Langley, P. G., Hughes, R. D.

“…Background: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF- β 1) exerts an inhibitory effect on DNA synthesis in hepatocytes. Activin, through different mechanisms,…”
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Concentrations of activin A, inhibin A and follistatin in human amnion, choriodecidual and placental tissues at term and preterm by Keelan, JA, Marvin, KW, Sato, TA, McCowan, LM, Coleman, M, Evans, LW, Groome, NP, Mitchell, MD

“…To investigate labour-associated changes in production of activin and related hormones by gestational tissues we prepared extracts from amnion, choriodecidual…”
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Expression and localization of activin subunits and follistatins in tissues from men with high grade prostate cancer by THOMAS, T. Z, WANG, H, NICLASEN, P, O'BRYAN, M. K, EVANS, L. W, GROOME, N. P, PEDERSEN, J, RISBRIDGER, G. P

“…Activins are growth and differentiation factors that have growth inhibitory effects on LNCaP and DU145, but not PC3, human prostate tumor cell lines…”
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Follistatin and activin A production by the male reproductive tract by Anderson, R A, Evans, L W, Irvine, D S, McIntyre, M A, Groome, N P, Riley, S C

“…Follistatin is a binding protein for the activin and inhibin family of hormones, regulating their biological activity. In the male reproductive tract, the…”
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Development, validation and application of a two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for activin-AB by Evans, L W, Muttukrishna, S, Knight, P G, Groome, N P

“…Monoclonal antibodies, specific for the beta A and beta B subunits of activin, were used to develop a new two-site ELISA for activin-AB. The assay had a…”
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Follistatin and activin A in extra-embryonic coelomic and amniotic fluids and maternal serum in early pregnancy by Riley, S C, Balfour, C, Wathen, N C, Chard, T, Evans, L W, Groome, N P, Wallace, E M

“…Follistatin is a specific binding protein which controls bioavailability of activins and inhibins which have an important role in fetal development. In the…”
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Maternal serum total activin A and follistatin in pregnancy and parturition by Schneider‐Kolsky, Michal, D'Antona, Donato, Evans, Lee W., Taylor, Nancy, O'Connor, Anne, Groome, Nigel P., Kretser, David, Wallace, Euan M.

“…Objective To examine changes in maternal serum levels of activin A and follistatin during pregnancy and labour Design In three cross sectional and three…”
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Serum inhibin, activin and follistatin in postmenopausal women with epithelial ovarian carcinoma by Menon, Usha, Riley, Simon C., Thomas, Janice, Bose, Chinmoy, Dawnay, Anne, Evans, Lee W., Groome, Nigel P., Jacobs, Ian J.

“…Objective To investigate the role of serum inhibin A, inhibin pro‐αC immunoreactivity, activin A, and follistatin in postmenopausal women with epithelial…”
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Amniotic fluid concentrations of dimeric inhibins, activin A and follistatin in pregnancy by Muttukrishna, S, Chamberlain, P, Evans, LW, Asselin, J, Groome, NP, Ledger, WL

“…OBJECTIVE: The feto-placental unit is the major source of circulating concentrations of inhibin A and activin A in human pregnancy. The aim of this study was…”
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Changes in serum inhibin, activin and follistatin concentrations during puberty in girls by Foster, Carol M., Phillips, David J., Wyman, Tammy, Evans, Lee W., Groome, Nigel P., Padmanabhan, Vasantha

“…Serum concentrations of inhibin A, inhibin B, activin A and follistatin were determined using two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) during…”
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Maternal serum activin A and follistatin levels in pregnancies with Down syndrome by Cuckle, H. S., Sehmi, I., Jones, R., Evans, L. W.

“…Inhibin A is now an established second‐trimester maternal serum marker of Down syndrome. Since activin A has a common β‐subunit to inhibin A we evaluated this…”
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Amniotic fluid levels of dimeric inhibins, pro-αC inhibin, activin A and follistatin in Down's syndrome by Wallace, Euan M., D'Antona, Donato, Shearing, Catherine, Evans, Lee W., Thirunavukarasu, Prema, Ashby, Peter J., Shade, Mary, Groome, Nigel P.

“…OBJECTIVE In the second trimester of pregnancy, inhibin A is significantly increased in maternal serum and decreased in amniotic fluid in Down's syndrome…”
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Overexpression of activin A in the skin of transgenic mice reveals new activities of activin in epidermal morphogenesis, dermal fibrosis and wound repair by Munz, Barbara, Smola, Hans, Engelhardt, Felix, Bleuel, Kerstin, Brauchle, Maria, Lein, Iris, Evans, Lee W., Huylebroeck, Danny, Balling, Rudi, Werner, Sabine

“…Recently we demonstrated a strong induction of activin expression after skin injury, suggesting a function of this transforming growth factor‐β family member…”
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Effects of active immunization of sheep against an amino terminal peptide of the inhibin alpha C subunit on intrafollicular levels of activin A, inhibin A and follistatin by Tannetta, DS, Feist, SA, Bleach, EC, Groome, NP, Evans, LW, Knight, PG

“…Active immunization of ewes against inhibin (IMM) consistently increases ovulation rate but this response is not always accompanied by the expected rise in…”
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Non-aqueous phase liquid characterization via partitioning tracer tests: a modified Langmuir relation to describe partitioning nonlinearities by Wise, William R., Dai, Dongping, Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth A., Evans, Lalenia W., Rao, P.Suresh C., Annable, Michael D.

“…The equilibrium interphase behaviors of alcohol partitioning tracers between NAPL and water are inherently nonlinear in nature. This nonlinearity may be…”
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A longitudinal study of maternal serum inhibin-A, inhibin-B, activin-A, activin-AB, pro-αC and follistatin during pregnancy by FOWLER, P. A, EVANS, L. W, GROOME, N. P, TEMPLETON, A, KNIGHT, P. G

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Expression and Localization of Activin Subunits and Follistatins in Tissues from Men with High Grade Prostate Cancer by Thomas, T. Z, Wang, H, Niclasen, P, O’Bryan, M. K, Evans, L. W, Groome, N. P, Pedersen, J, Risbridger, G. P

“…Activins are growth and differentiation factors that have growth inhibitory effects on LNCaP and DU145, but not PC3, human prostate tumor cell lines…”
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Characterization of serum activin-A and follistatin and their relation to virological and histological determinants in chronic viral hepatitis by Patella, Shane, Phillips, David J, de Kretser, David M, Evans, Lee W, Groome, Nigel P, Sievert, William

“…Background/Methods : Hepatocyte proliferation in viral hepatitis is regulated by a number of growth factors. Activin-A inhibits hepatocyte DNA synthesis while…”
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