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Home My courses Biology Purdue Blo 202/204 W17 Endocrine System v Pancreas, ovaries and Testes, Pineal; Adipose Tissue: Cytokines, Eicosanoids, Retinoids Post-Lecture Quiz 7 Question 7 Which of the following is a mediator of growth hormone action? Answer saved Select one: Points out of 1 somatomammotropin P Flag o somatostatin question e somatotropin somatomedin

Solution

Somatomedins are growth hormones that are produced in the liver in response to the growth hormone somatotropin and mediate the effect of somatotropin. They have a insulin-like action and influence cell division by promoting RNA and DNA synthesis. Somatomedins also stimulate the production of somatostatin which is also called as the growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH).

So to answer your question, somatomedins are the mediator of the growth hormone action.