DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature on GH1

GH1 [ENSP00000312673]

Somatotropin; Plays an important role in growth control. Its major role in stimulating body growth is to stimulate the liver and other tissues to secrete IGF-1. It stimulates both the differentiation and proliferation of myoblasts. It also stimulates amino acid uptake and protein synthesis in muscle and other tissues.

Synonyms:  GH1p,  hGH1,  B1A4G6,  B1A4G7,  B1A4G9 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt