Both pituitary and placental growth hormone transcripts are expressed in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 336-340

  Melen, L ^a   Hennen, G ^a   Dullaart, R P F ^b   Heinen, E ^a   Igout, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cells; HGH V; Human pituitary growth hormone; Peripheral blood mononuclear; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030785403     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.tb08337.x     Document Type: Article

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