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It does not appear to have a direct effect on fetal growth, as hGH-V is not detectable in the fetal circulation and growth hormone receptors are sparse within the fetus.159 However, the somatogenic activities of hGH are mediated by maternal IGF-I, which is a peptide growth factor produced by most tissues that has multiple mitogenic effects on target cells, including increased amino acid transport, increased glucose uptake, enhanced nucleic acid and protein synthesis, and increased cell replication.164 Local and hepatic synthesis of IGF-I is stimulated by hGH-V, and increases in maternal hGH-V during pregnancy are paralleled by increases in IGF-I during the second half of gestation
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