IMPE Abstracts

Mutations in the GH1 gene cause isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) by affecting the production, secretion, and stability of growth hormone as well as its binding to GHR. Genetic mutations resulting from splicing errors are known to increase the production of a small 17.5 kD isoform of human growth hormone. The smaller isoform of GH1 is inactive and is linked to IGHD. We found that cells transfected with the mutated GH gene that produced the short 17.5 kD version of GH, ...