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