| Literature DB >> 12938517 |
Q Liu1, X Bai, K Liu, W Lin, T Lei.
Abstract
Growth hormone releasing peptide (GHRP-2) is a synthetic hexapeptide which specifically stimulates secretion of growth hormone (GH) by fetal pituitary somatotrophs through a new membrane receptor, which is different from growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin (SMS) receptors. We used cell cultures of human fetal pituitary somatotroph cells to investigate the effect of GHRH, GHRP-2 and somatostatin on GH secretion. The results showed that the mechanism of GHRH/SMS and GHRP-2 was different. This indicated that a different intracellular signal transduction system might also play a crucial role in the regulation of GH secretion.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 12938517 DOI: 10.1007/bf02886962
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Tongji Med Univ ISSN: 0257-716X