Human growth hormone (hGH) is an autocrine growth factor and mitogen for lymphocytes

Endocrinology and Metabolism, Supplement

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Bulanova, Elena G ^a   Budagyan, Vadim M ^a   Balura, Alexander V ^a   Agranat, Vladimir Z ^a   Yarilin, Alexander A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMIDINE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MITOGENICITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030779212     PISSN: 1074939X     EISSN: 20935978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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