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SOMATOMEDIN-C (SM) LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH TRUE PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY: EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH A POTENT LRF-AGONIST (LRF-A)
An interrelationship has been suggested between SM, growth rate, and sex steroid levels in normal puberty. We measured serum acid-ethanol extractable SM by RIA in 7 boys and 12 girls with central precocious pu...
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Studies with Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor (GRF) in the Human
In 1982 Guillemin et al. (1) isolated, characterized, and synthesized an amidated, 44-amino-acid growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF44) from the pancreatic tumor of a patient with acromegaly. GRF44
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Cellular and Transgenic Models of Familial Prion Diseases
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of humans and animals, which result from the conformational conversion of a normal, cell surface glycoprotein (PrPC) into a pathogenic isoform (PrPSc) that is ...
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Association of Bariatric Surgery Status with Reduced HER2+ Breast Cancers: a Retrospective Cohort Study
Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk of develo** certain malignancies, particularly in women. However, the impact of bariatric surgery on tumor characteristics, cancer treatment, and oncologic...
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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Attenuate Pro-inflammatory Small Intestinal Cytokine Signatures
Bariatric surgery rapidly induces improvements in type 2 diabetes (T2D) in concert with reduction in systemic markers of inflammation. The impact of bariatric surgery on local intestinal immunity is not known....
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Open AccessPrP is a central player in toxicity mediated by soluble aggregates of neurodegeneration-causing proteins
Neurodegenerative diseases are an enormous public health problem, affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. Nearly all of these diseases are characterized by oligomerization and fibrillization of neurona...