Control of ovine hepatic growth hormone receptor and insulin-like growth factor I by thyroid hormones in utero

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 278, Issue 6 41-6, 2000, Pages

  Forhead, A J ^a   Li, J ^a   Saunders, J C ^b   Dauncey, M J ^b   Gilmour, R S ^b   Fowden, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetus; Growth; Somatotropic axis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE GROWTH;

EID: 0033923011     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.6.e1166     Document Type: Article

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