Growth hormone synthesized and secreted by human thymocytes acts via insulin-like growth factor I as an autocrine and paracrine growth factor

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2663-2669

  Sabharwal, Paramjeet ^a,b   Varma, Supriya ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYMOCYTE;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029945406     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2663     Document Type: Article

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