GROWTH HORMONE'S EFFECTS ON EPCS

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The primary aim is to determine if the administration of hGH to a normal healthy study population increases thenumber of EPCs in the peripheral circulation. The secondary aim is to assess the activation of the eNOS system following the administration of exogenous growth hormon administration.