Stimulation by urocortin of growth hormone (GH) secretion in GH- producing human pituitary adenoma cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 627-629

  Murakami, Yoshio ^a   Mori, Toshiaki ^a   Koshimura, Kunio ^a   Kurosaki, Masamichi ^b   Hori, Tomokatsu ^b   Yanaihara, Noboru ^c   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yanaihara Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

GH; Pituitary adenoma; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

UROTENSIN;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0030963822     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.627     Document Type: Article

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