Inhibin, alfa (INHA) je protein koji je kod ljudi kodiran INHA genom.[1]
Inhibin alfa podjedinica zajedno sa još jednom beta A ili beta B podjedinicom formira hipofizni FSH sekretorni inhibitor. Inhibin negativno reguliše proliferaciju gonadalnih stromalnih ćelija i ima supresivno dejstvo na tumour. Serumski nivoi inhibina odražavaju veličinu granulosa-ćelija tumora i mogu se koristiti kao marker za primarnu kao i rekurentnu bolest. Kod kancera prostate, izražavanje gena inhibin alfa-podjedinice je potisnuto i ne može se detektovati kod slabo diferenciranih ćelija tumora.[2]
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