Ontogeny and nutritional programming of the hepatic growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor-prolactin axis in the sheep

The liver is an important metabolic and endocrine organ in the fetus but the extent to which its hormone receptor (R) sensitivity is developmentally regulated in early life is not fully established. We, therefore, examined developmental changes in mRNA abundance for the growth hormone (GH) and prola...

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Main Authors: Hyatt, M.A., Budge, H, Walker, D, Stephenson, T, Symonds, Michael E.
Format: Article
Published: Endocrine Society 2007
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/943/