Insulin signaling in the whole spectrum of GH deficiency
ABSTRACT GH is one of the insulin counterregulatory hormones which acts in the opposite way to insulin, increasing the glucose production by the liver and kidneys and decreasing glucose uptake from peripheral tissues, thus being a hyperglycemic hormone. When in excess, as in acromegaly, it induces g...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972019000900582&tlng=en |