LHR Background Information Lutropin (also designated luteinizing hormone) plays a role in spermatogenesis and ovulation by stimulating the testis and ovaries to produce steroids (1). Gonadotropin (also designated choriogonadotropin) production in the placenta maintains estrogen and progesterone levels during the first trimester of pregnancy (2). Ovaries and testis abundantly express luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor (LHR) as a seven transmembrane, G protein-coupled receptor glycoprotein (3,4). LHR influences the protective effect of pregnancy and gonadotropin against breast cancer (5). The expression of LHR on breast carcinoma correlates in part to the degree of tumor differentiation (5). LHR-positive breast tumors occur more frequently in tumors with greater cell differentiation in premenopausal women (5). The gene encoding human LHR maps to chromosome 2p21 (6).
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