Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors regulate growth hormone in pituitary somatotrophs of tigers

Abstract The Felidae exhibits remarkable diversity in body size, with lengths ranging from 50 to 370 cm and weights from 1.1 to 423 kg. However, the underlying mechanisms driving this variation remain poorly understood. Here, we focused on the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), the largest of...

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Main Authors: Lulu Liu, Shilong Yang, Longhui Chai, Shipei Zhang, Dan Liu, Haitao Xu, Yue Zhao, Shiyu Chen, Guangshun Jiang, Bin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07980-6
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