Maternal GHRH plasmid administration changes pituitary cell lineage and improves progeny growth of pigs

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 1 48-1, 2003, Pages

  Khan, Amir S ^a   Fiorotto, Marta L ^b   Cummings, Kathleen K ^a   Pope, Melissa A ^a   Brown, Patricia A ^a   Draghia Akli, Ruxandra ^a  

^a ADViSYS Inc   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Insulin like growth factor I

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEASE RESISTANT GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SWINE;

EID: 0038339522     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00050.2003     Document Type: Article

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