gonadotropin-releasing hormone/factor; gonadoliberin 2; LH/FSH-releasing hormone 2 (GnRH2, LHRH2)

Function

• stimulates the secretion of gonadotropins
• stimulates secretion of both luteinizing hormone & follicle-stimulating hormones

Compartment

secreted

Expression

• expressed at significantly higher levels outside the brain (up to 30-fold), especially in the kidney, bone marrow & prostate

More general terms

• gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Additional terms

• follicle-stimulating hormone; follitropin (FSH)
• gonadotropin-releasing hormone [GNRH] receptor
• hypothalamus
• luteinizing hormone; lutropin (LH)
• menotropins (Pergonal, Repronex)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2797
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2797
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602352
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O43555.html