The shortness of Pygmies is associated with severe under-expression of the growth hormone receptor

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-313

  Bozzola, Mauro ^a   Travaglino, Paola ^a   Marziliano, Nicola ^b   Meazza, Cristina ^a   Pagani, Sara ^a   Grasso, Maurizia ^b   Tauber, Maithè ^c   Diegoli, Marta ^b   Pilotto, Andrea ^b   Disabella, Eliana ^b   Tarantino, Paolo ^b   Brega, Agnese ^a,d   Arbustini, Eloisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

African Pygmies; GH binding protein (GHBP); Growth hormone (GH); Growth hormone receptor (GHR); Idiopathic short stature (ISS); Insulin like growth factor I (IGF I)

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AFRICAN BANTU; AFRICAN PYGMY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SHORT STATURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT STATURE;

ADULT; AFRICA; BODY HEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN;

EID: 70349745354     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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