Growth hormone-releasing hexapeptide (GHRP-6) increases intracellular calcium concentrations in cultured cells from human pituitary adenomas of different types

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-348

  Lania, Andrea ^a   Ballaré, Emilia ^a   Corbetta, Sabrina ^a   Filopanti, Marcello ^a   Persani, Luca ^b   Spada, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ADENOMA; CALCIUM; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSOL; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031716255     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1390343     Document Type: Article

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