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Blockade of growth hormone receptor shedding by a metalloprotease inhibitor.
Endocrinology - 1 Apr 1998
Alele J, Jiang J, Goldsmith J F, Yang X, Maheshwari H G, Black R A, Baumann G, Frank S J
Abstract excerpt
GH, an important growth-promoting and metabolic hormone, exerts its biological effects by interacting with cell surface GH receptors (GHRs). The GHR is a single membrane-spanning protein that binds GH via its extracellular domain. The high affinity GH-binding protein (GHBP), which corresponds to a soluble form of the GHR extracellular domain, carries a substantial fraction of the GH in the circulation of various...
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