키스펩틴은 내분비 기능 조절과 사춘기의 시작에 관여하는데, 키스펩틴 수용체가 고나도트로핀 방출 호르몬(GnRH)의 방출을 촉발시키고,[11][12] 키스펩틴 자체의 방출을 옥스트라디올에 의해 억제되지만 GnRH에 의해 강화된다.[13]나이와 함께 키스펩틴 수치의 감소는 역으로 호르몬의 루테인화와 같은 다른 내분비 호르몬의 수치의 감소의 원인 중 하나일 수 있다.[14]null
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이 수용체에 대한 비펩타이드 리간드는 아직 발견되지 않았지만 2009년 현재 선택적 작용제 및 길항제 펩타이드 모두 알려져 있다.null
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