Growth hormone-dependent regulation of pituitary GH secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) mRNA levels in the spontaneous dwarf rat

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 312-318

  Kamegai, Jun ^a   Wakabayashi, Ichiji ^b   Miyamoto, Kaoru ^c   Unterman, Terry G ^a   Kineman, Rhonda D ^a   Frohman, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarf; Growth hormone; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATOSTATIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEEDBACK; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031761785     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054379     Document Type: Article

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