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Rat somatotroph insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) signaling: role of the IGF-I receptor.
Endocrinology - 1 Nov 1992
Weber M M, Melmed S, Rosenbloom J, Yamasaki H, Prager D
Abstract excerpt
The anterior pituitary contains insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) and expresses abundant IGF-II-binding sites, but the IGF-II signaling pathway in the pituitary has not been defined. We, therefore, tested the effects of recombinant human IGF-II on pituitary function by assessing the GH responsiveness of the primary rat somatotroph to IGF-II. IGF-II (3.3 nM) suppressed GH secretion by 50%, similar to the...
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