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Growth hormone

A paracrine growth factor?

Endocrine volume 7, pages 267–279 (1997)Cite this article

Abstract

A number of tissues, including the brain, pituitary, immune system, placenta, mammary gland, and testis, may be self-contained units of GH regulation, production, and action. The production of GH and GH-releasing factors outside the hypothalamo-pituitary axis complements, rather than replaces, the traditional endocrine interactions between GH-releasing factors, GH, and its target tissues.

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  • Growth hormone
  • growth hormone receptors
  • paracrinology
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