“…Table 1 illustrates a list of agents that play roles in controlling steroidogenesis and StAR expression in different cells. Thus, steroid synthesis and StAR expression are upregulated by LH/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) [26,29,76,88,[146][147][148][149][150][151], follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) [68,69,71], cAMP analogs [64,65,68,69,75,83,92,129,152], ACTH [61,[153][154][155], CRH [156,157], thyroid hormone (T3/T4) [63,84,85], prolactin [158], activin [159], GnRH agonist, leuprolide actetale [160], progesterone [145], bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) [159], estradiol-17β [144], GH [161], angiotensin II (Ang II) [86,89,129], insulin like growth factor I & II (IGF-I & II) [68,69,71,147,…”