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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a functional marker of fetal Sertoli cells.The germ cell number in adults depends on the number of Sertoli cells produced during perinatal development.Recently,AMH has received increasing attention in research of disorders
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Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third H
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Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a functional marker of fetal Sertoli cells.The germ cell number in adults depends on the number of Sertoli cells produced during perinatal development.Recently,AMH has received increasing attention in research of disorders related to male fertility.This paper reviews and summarizes the articles on the regulation of AMH in males and the serum levels of AMH in male fertility-relateddisorders.We have determined that follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) promotes AMH transcription in the absence of androgen signaling.Testosterone inhibits the transcriptional activation of AMH.The undetectable levels of serum AMH and testosterone levels indicate a lack of functional testicular tissue,for example,that in patients with anorchia or severe Klinefelter syndrome suffering from impaired spermatogenesis.The normal serum testosterone level and undetectable AMH are highly suggestive of persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS),combined with clinical manifestations.The levels of both AMH and testosterone are always subnormal in patients with mixed disorders of sex development (DSD).Mixed DSD is an early-onset complete type of disorder with fetal hypogonadism resulting from the dysfunction of both Leydig and Sertoli cells.Serum AMH levels are varying in patients with male fertility-related disorders,including pubertal delay,severe congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism,nonobstructive azoospermia,Klinefelter syndrome,varicocele,McCune-Albright syndrome,and male senescence.
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