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STAT5B deficiency: Impacts on human growth and immunity.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 2016
Hwa Vivian
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) promotes postnatal human growth primarily by regulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I production through activation of the GH receptor (GHR)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-5B signaling cascade. The critical importance of STAT5B in human IGF-I production was confirmed with the identification of the first homozygous, autosomal recessive, STAT5B mutation in a young...
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