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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2011 Dec;12(4):323–332. doi: 10.1007/s11154-011-9193-1

Table 1.

Extragonadal tissues that express the lh/cg r

Location Reference
Uterus Reshef et al. 1990; Han et al., 1997; Zhang et al., 2001b, Fields et al., 2004
Breast/Mammary gland Tao et al., 1997, Ziecik et al., 2001
Adrenals Pabon et al., 1996a; Apaja et al. 2005
Oviduct Lei et al., 1993; Han et al., 1996; Zhang et al., 2001
Neural Retina Thomson et al., 1998
Brain Lei et al., 1993
Cervix Lin et al., 2003, Stepien et al., 2000
Fetal Tissues Abdallah et al., 2004
Skin Pabon et al., 1996
Bladder Tao et al., 1998
Placenta Reshef et al., 1990
Prostate and Seminal Vesicles Reiter et al., 1995
Sperm and Penis Eblen et al., 2001, Kokk et al.
Thyroid Frazier et al. 1990
Cancers Breast - Meduri et al., 1997, Hudelist et al., 2009
Prostate – Lie et al., 2010
Ovarian – Puett et al., 2010
Adrenocortical – Galac et al., 2010 ; Costa et al., 2009
Endometrial – Nocci et al., 2008