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Growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 stimulates GH secretion in GH-deficient patients with mutated GH-releasing hormone receptor.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 2001
Gondo R G, Aguiar-Oliveira M H, Hayashida C Y, Toledo S P, Abelin N, Levine M A, Bowers C Y, Souza A H, Pereira R M, Santos N L, Salvatori R
Abstract excerpt
GH-releasing peptides (GHRPs) are synthetic peptides that bind to specific receptors and thereby stimulate the secretion of pituitary GH. In vivo it is uncertain whether these peptides act directly on somatotroph cells or indirectly via release of GHRH from the hypothalamus. In this study we comp...
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