Intact leptin receptor is selectively expressed in human fetal pituitary and pituitary adenomas and signals human fetal pituitary growth hormone secretion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4059-4064

  Shimon, Ilan ^a   Yan, Xinmin ^a   Magoffin, Denis A ^b   Friedman, Theodore C ^a   Melmed, Shlomo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031764737     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.11.4059     Document Type: Article

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