Interaction between testosterone and growth hormone on whole-body protein anabolism occurs in the liver

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1060-1067

  Birzniece, Vita ^a,b   Meinhardt, Udo J ^a   Umpleby, Margot A ^c   Handelsman, David J ^d   Ho, Ken K Y ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEUCINE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953843992     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2521     Document Type: Article

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