Giant mice reveal new roles for GH in regulating the adipose immune microenvironment.

Endocrinology

Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205.

Published: May 2015

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