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Despite age-related adipose involution, T cell generation in the thymus (thymopoiesis) is maintained beyond puberty in adults. In rodents, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and GH secretagogues reverse age-related changes in thymus cytoarchitecture and increase thymopoiesis. GH administration also enhances thymic mass and function in HIV-infected patients. Until now, thymic function has not been investigated in adult GH deficiency (AGHD). The objective of this clinical study was to evaluate thymic function in AGHD, as well as the repercussion upon thymopoiesis of GH treatment for restoration of GH/IGF-1 physiological levels.

Jean-Christophe Tellier has joined the Ipsen Group as President and General manager of Ipsen's North American operations, effective 1st May 2009.

Modifications of glucose homeostasis induced by somatostatin analogues (SSAs) have an overall minor clinical impact in patients with acromegaly, according to a meta-analysis presented here on April 28 at the 11th European Congress of Endocrinology

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