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Mode of growth hormone action in osteoblasts.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Oct 2007
DiGirolamo Douglas J, Mukherjee Aditi, Fulzele Keertik, Gan Yujun, Cao Xuemei, Frank Stuart J, Clemens Thomas L
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) affects bone size and mass in part through stimulating insulin-like growth factor type 1 (IGF-1) production in liver and bone. Whether GH acts independent of IGF-1 in bone remains unclear. To define the mode of GH action in bone, we have used a Cre/loxP system in which the type 1 IGF-1 receptor (Igf1r) has been disrupted specifically in osteoblasts in vitro and in vivo. Calvarial osteoblasts...
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