This result suggests that testicular TRH may serve as an autocrine regulator o f reproductive function and development via TRH-R in the fashion that is simil ar or identical to that in the pituitary.

• 该结 果表明TRH可能通过自分泌调节生殖功能和发育，TRH-R作用途径可能与在垂体的作用类似。