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activin

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[ak-tuh-vin] / ˈæk tə vɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

a peptide that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and gonads and stimulates the secretion of FSH.

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She also found that injecting activin into healthy, nonfused flatworms produced a similar inflammatory response.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

She marked the cells with different fluorescent dyes and then isolated those that reacted to activin.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

As the fused worms began rejecting foreign tissue, Chai detected a rise in activin followed by chronic inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Treatment with an antibody directed against the receptor for activin A, after pregnancy, had similar effects in these animals.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

Indeed, mutations affecting activin signaling are frequent in cancer cells in a variety of tissues.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024

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