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A Mouse with Targeted Ablation of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Gene: A New Model of Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency
25 May 2004
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The proliferation of pituitary somatotroph cells and the synthesis and secretion of GH are under the stimulatory control of the hypothalamic peptide GHRH. GHRH is initially synthesized as pre-prohormone and then enzymatically cleaved to its mature form (44 amino acids in humans and 42 in mice). Although mutations in the GHRH receptor cause isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) both in humans and mice, mutations in the...
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