title: Growth hormone. A paracrine growth factor?
abstract: A number of tissues, including the brain, pituitary, immune system, placenta, mammary gland, and testis, may be self-contained units of GH regulation, production, and action. The production of GH and GH-releasing factors outside the hypothalamo-pituitary axis complements, rather than replaces, the traditional endocrine interactions between GH-releasing factors, GH, and its target tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. sharvey@physio.med.ualberta.ca
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hull
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019899:Paracrine Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone