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Somatomedin

Somatomedins are a group of proteins produced predominantly by the liver when growth hormones act on target tissue. Somatomedins inhibit the release of growth hormones by acting directly on anterior pituitary and by stimulating the secretion of somatostatin from the hypothalamus.

[ "Hormone", "Insulin", "Insulin-like growth factor", "growth hormone", "Growth factor", "Sulfation Factor", "IGF-I binding", "Mecasermin rinfabate", "Multiplication-Stimulating Activity", "Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 Gene" ]
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