GROWTH-HORMONE GENE-REGULATION BY TRANS-ACTING FACTORS

被引:10
作者
ROUSSEAU, GG
机构
[1] Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels
关键词
GROWTH HORMONE GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE FACTOR-I; SOMATOTROPHS; TRANSCRIPTION;
D O I
10.1159/000182407
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The promoter sequence of the growth hormone (GH) gene binds the ubiquitous factors nuclear factor 1, activator protein-2, upstream stimulatory factor and Sp1. A pituitary-specific factor known as growth hormone factor 1 or Pit-1 also binds to the promoter sequence. This factor is responsible for somatotroph-specific expression of GH. It is also involved in the effect of GH-releasing hormone and in the ontogeny of the anterior pituitary.
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