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- Somatropic cells (somatotropes) (from the Gr**** sōmat meaning "body" and tropikós meaning "of or pertaining to a turn or change") are cells in the anterior...
- Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell...
- in 80-90% of people, and 42% of people had a decreased tumor size. Somatotrophic adenomas are primarily treated with transsphenoidal pituitary surgery...
- can occur in the luteal phase of the oestrous cycle in older ****es. Somatotrophic adenomas have only been described in two dogs. In 1996 a 9 year old...
- Behavior. Pearson. p. 407. Inui, Akio (2001). "Ghrelin: An orexigenic and somatotrophic signal from the stomach". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2 (8): 551–60...
- part of the POU family of transcription factors. It is expressed by somatotrophic cells, as well as thyrotrophs and lactotrophs of the anterior pituitary...