somatomedin
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thumb|300 px|Somatomedin C, Human. Somatomedins are a group of proteins produced predominantly by the liver when growth hormones act on target tissue. Somatomedins inhibit the release of growth hormones by acting directly on anterior pituitary and by stimulating the secretion of somatostatin from the hypothalamus.
Research
47,583 papers- Somatomedin.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 1975
- Somatomedin.Progress in clinical and biological research · 1976
- Somatomedin.Current topics in experimental endocrinology · 1974
- [Somatomedin and growth].Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Kinderheilkunde · 1985
- Growth hormone, somatomedin and prolactin--relationship to brain function.Brain & development · 1985
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thumb|300 px|Somatomedin C, Human. Somatomedins are a group of proteins produced predominantly by the liver when growth hormones act on target tissue. Somatomedins inhibit the release of growth hormones by acting directly on anterior pituitary and by stimulating the secretion of somatostatin from the hypothalamus.
Somatomedins are a group of proteins that promote cell growth and division in response to stimulation by growth hormone (GH), also known as somatotropin (STH).
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