Effect of growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2) and GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) on the cAMP levels and GH release from cultured acromegalic tumours

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 473-480

  Chen, Chen ^a   Pullar, Michael ^b   Loneragan, Kylie ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Clarke, Iain J ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cAMP; GHRH; GHRP; Growth hormone; Pituitary tumour

Indexed keywords

CALPHOSTIN C; COBALT; CYCLIC AMP; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; N (2 PHENYLCYCLOPENTYL)AZACYCLOTRIDECAN 2 IMINE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROMEGALY; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0031748650     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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