Abstract
Summary
Hypophysectomized rats were treated for 6 days with 200 μg per day of either human chorionic somatomammotropin, human pituitary growth hormone, plasmin-modified human pituitary growth hormone, or ovine prolactin. All hormone preparations except ovine prolactin enhanced the ability of the pancreases of hypophysectomized rats to secrete insulin in the isolated pancreas perfusion system.
These studies were supported in part by the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, and U.S. Public Health Service Grants No. AM-6097 and No. AM-17668.
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