生殖进程的调控涉及大脑、内分泌器官、性腺及其他生殖组织之间的通信系统,近来越来越多的研究集中在旁分泌和自分泌对这些细胞系统的调节作用。现讨论了抑制素、激活素和卵泡抑素的结构和生理学,探讨其作为内分泌激素对男性生殖的作用及其如何在垂体、性腺及相关组织发挥自分泌/旁分泌功能。 Regulation of the reproductive process involves the communication system between the brain, endocrine organs, gonads and other reproductive tissues. More and more recent studies have focused on the regulation of these cellular systems by paracrine and autocrine processes. The structure and physiology of inhibin, activin, and follistatin are now discussed, and their role as endocrine hormones on male reproduction and how they exert their autocrine / paracrine function in pituitary, gonadal and related tissues are discussed.