• Hypothalamic miR-30 regulates puberty onset via repression of the puberty-suppressing factor, Mkrn3 

      Heras, Violeta; Sangiao-Alvarellos, Susana; Manfredi-Lozano, María; Sánchez-Tapia, María J.; Ruiz-Pino, Francisco; Roa, Juan; Lara-Chica, Maribel; Morrugares-Carmona, Rosario; Jouy, Nathalie; Abreu, Ana P.; Prevot, Vincent; Belsham, Denise; Vázquez, María J.; Calzado, Marco A.; Pinilla, Leonor; Gaytán, Francisco; Latronico, Ana C.; Kaiser, Ursula B.; Castellano, Juan M.; Tena-Sempere, Manuel (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-11-07)
      [Abstract] Mkrn3, the maternally imprinted gene encoding the makorin RING-finger protein-3, has recently emerged as putative pubertal repressor, as evidenced by central precocity caused by MKRN3 mutations in humans; ...
    • Role of neurokinin B in the control of female puberty and Its modulation by metabolic status 

      Navarro, Víctor M.; Ruiz-Pino, Francisco; Sánchez-Garrido, Miguel A.; García-Galiano, David; Hobbs, Samuel J.; Manfredi-Lozano, María; León, Silvia; Sangiao-Alvarellos, Susana; Castellano, Juan M.; Clifton, Donald K.; Pinilla, Leonor; Steiner, Robert A.; Tena-Sempere, Manuel (Society of Neuroscience, 2012-02-15)
      [Abstract] Human genetic studies have revealed that neurokinin B (NKB) and its receptor, neurokinin-3 receptor (NK3R), are essential elements for normal reproduction; however, the precise role of NKB–NK3R signaling in the ...