Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The LHR is a crucial mediator for normal sexual development and fertility. In the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus), LHR type II, lacking exon 10, is the native receptor type. In addition to the testis, the LHR is expressed in the adrenal gland where its function remains unknown.Aim: To characterise marmoset LHR expression at different stages of puberty in the testis and adrenal gland and examine different splice variants in the tes...