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Disorders caused by genetic defects associated with GH-dependent genes: PAPPA2 defects.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 1 Dec 2020
Fujimoto Masanobu, Andrew Melissa, Dauber Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) and its mediator, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), have long been recognized as central to human growth physiology. IGF-1 is known to complex with IGF binding proteins as well as with the acid labile subunit (ALS) in order to prolong its half-life in circulation. Factors regulating the bioavailability of IGF-1 (i.e. the balance between free and bound IGF-1) were less well understood....
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