Crosstalk of Humoral and Cell-Cell Contact-Mediated Signals in Postnatal Body Growth

The growth hormone (GH)–insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) axis mediates postnatal body growth. The GH receptor has been regarded as the sole receptor that mediates the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)/signal transducers and activators of the transcription 5B (STAT5B) signal toward IGF1 synthesis. Here, we r...

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Main Authors: Xuefeng Jing, Masayasu Miyajima, Takahiro Sawada, Qingfa Chen, Keiji Iida, Kenryo Furushima, Daiki Arai, Kazuo Chihara, Kazushige Sakaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124712002616