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Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971): Endocrine physiologist and Nobel laureate

2016; Medknow; Volume: 57; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11622/smedj.2016003

2737-5935

SY Tan, N Ponstein,

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

he pituitary gland influences a myriad of physiologic functions with extraordinary elegance.Shortly after the discovery of insulin, Argentinian science prodigy Bernardo Houssay elucidated the important role of the anterior pituitary, also called the adenohypophysis, in carbohydrate metabolism.This discovery helped to unravel the intricacies of glucose homeostasis and the fascinating feedback servo mechanisms that undergird the entire endocrine system.