somatotropes

so·mat·o·tropes

(sō'mat'ō-trōps),
A subclass of pituitary acidophilic cells; site of synthesis of growth hormone.

so·mat·o·tropes

(sō-mat'ō-trōps)
A subclass of pituitary acidophilic cells; site of synthesis of growth hormone.
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Somatotropes cells of the pituitary gland secrete growth hormone whose secretion continues throughout life, although varies based on growth period of humans.
Approach to Chronic Secondary Headache: A Case Report on Unusual Drug Side Effects
The growth rate is dependent upon the amount of GH secreted by the pituitary somatotropes with the higher concentrations of GH inducing higher rate of growth in humans (Rogol, 2010).
Age and Developmental Stage Dependent Changes in Plasma Concentrations of Growth Hormone and Testosterone and Linear Growth Velocity in Boys between the Age of 1 and 20 Years
Adiponectin directly induces GH secretion from somatotropes [45].
Relationship between IGF-I Concentration and Metabolic Profile in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency: The Influence of Children's Nutritional State as well as the Ghrelin, Leptin, Adiponectin, and Resistin Serum Concentrations
Based on murine expression of IGSF1 protein in thyrotropes, somatotropes, and lactotropes in the pituitary gland, a role for IGSF1 in pituitary GH production and/or secretion appears likely.
Delayed Adrenarche may be an Additional Feature of Immunoglobulin Super Family Member 1 Deficiency Syndrome
Responsiveness of chicken embryonic somatotropes to somatostatin (SRIF) and IGF-I.
Association of chicken growth hormones and insulin-like growth factor gene polymorphisms with growth performance and carcass traits in Thai broilers
In the current report, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for GH detection and whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, we assessed the long-term actions of such regulatory factors on voltage-activated [Ca.sup.2+] currents in bovine somatotropes (BS) separated on a Percoll gradient and detected by immunohistochemistry.
Upregulation of voltage-gated calcium channel [Ca.sup.V] 1.3 in bovine somatotropes treated with Ghrelin
Cordoba-Chacon et al., "Metabolic impact of adult-onset, isolated, growth hormone deficiency (AOiGHD) due to destruction of pituitary somatotropes," PLoS ONE, vol.
Correlation of circulating acid-labile subunit levels with insulin sensitivity and serum LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes: findings from a prospective study with rosiglitazone
Our results suggest that resistin might regulate GHRH or SRIF secretion to obtain GH release, or as it has been reported previously, resistin could act directly over somatotropes to regulate GH release [13].
Resistin regulates pituitary lipid metabolism and inflammation in vivo and in vitro
However, not all kisspeptin positive cells within the pituitary were also LH[beta] positive; therefore, the observed reduction in KiSS-1 mRNA expression may also affect other pituitary cell types, including somatotropes, lactotropes, and gonadotropes that specifically synthesize FSH.
Exposure to a complex cocktail of environmental endocrine-disrupting compounds disturbs the kisspeptin/GPR54 system in ovine hypothalamus and pituitary gland
Board 11 SPERM PROTEIN SP22 IN SOMATOTROPES AND THYROTROPES
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GH accounts for 30-40% of the cells of the pituitary gland where the somatotropes produce and store it.
Replacement therapy: arginine vasopressin (AVP), growth hormone (GH), cortisol, thyroxine, testosterone and estrogen
Endogenous hypothalamic somatostatins differentially regulate growth hormone secretion from goldfish pituitary somatotropes in vitro.
Characterization, Tissue-Specific and Developmental Stage Expression of Somatostatin in Coilia nasus

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