GH stimulation testing and random GH measurements have limited diagnostic utility for monitoring IGF-1 analogue use because exogenous LR3 suppresses pituitary GH output, creating a dissociation between GH and IGF-1 levels that may mislead interpretation [18]
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Giannoulis MG, Sonsken PH, Umpleby M, Breen L, Pentecost C, Whyte M, McMillan CV, Bradley C, Martin FC
140 In contrast, growth of the CT-2A Astrocytoma in these mice was not influenced by an unrestricted KD containing 17E% protein, 141 but significantly reduced on a calorically restricted KD containing only 8E% protein, along with significant reductions in blood glucose and IGF-1
Heat accelerates the Arrhenius-governed degradation rate