Which of the following is a mediator of growth hormone action?

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Somatomammotropin somatostatin somatotropin somatomedin

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Somatotropin

Growth hormone (GH), also known as somatotropin is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell division, and cell regeneration in humans and other living organisms.

Somatomedin: are the family of GH hormones

Somatostatin: inhibit GH

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