"Human Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.
| Descriptor ID |
D019382
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.525.425.875 D12.644.548.691.525.425.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Human Growth Hormone- Human Growth Hormone
- Growth Hormone, Human
- hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
- Somatropin (Human)
- Somatotropin (Human)
- Somatropin
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| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Human Growth Hormone" by people in Profiles.
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Reiter EO, Cohen LE, Rogol AD. Editorial: History of Growth Hormone: Animal to Human. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:793272.
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Graber E, Reiter EO, Rogol AD. Human Growth and Growth Hormone: From Antiquity to the Recominant Age to the Future. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:709936.
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Inzaghi E, Reiter E, Cianfarani S. The Challenge of Defining and Investigating the Causes of Idiopathic Short Stature and Finding an Effective Therapy. Horm Res Paediatr. 2019; 92(2):71-83.
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Liew YP, Rogers TA, Garb JL, Allen HF, Reiter EO, Campfield TJ, Dharnidharka VR, Braden GL. Type 3 renal tubular acidosis associated with growth hormone deficiency. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Oct 26; 30(10):1047-1053.
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Quintos JB, Hodax JK, Gonzales-Ellis BA, Phornphutkul C, Wajnrajch MP, Boney CM. Efficacy of growth hormone therapy in Kearns-Sayre syndrome: the KIGS experience. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Nov 01; 29(11):1319-1324.
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Srinivasa S, Suresh C, Mottla J, Hamarneh SR, Irazoqui JE, Frontera W, Torriani M, Stanley T, Makimura H. FNDC5 relates to skeletal muscle IGF-I and mitochondrial function and gene expression in obese men with reduced growth hormone. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2016 Feb; 26:36-41.
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Wadzinski TL, Geromini K, McKinley Brewer J, Bansal R, Abdelouahab N, Langlois MF, Takser L, Zoeller RT. Endocrine disruption in human placenta: expression of the dioxin-inducible enzyme, CYP1A1, is correlated with that of thyroid hormone-regulated genes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Dec; 99(12):E2735-43.
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Hamarneh SR, Murphy CA, Shih CW, Frontera W, Torriani M, Irazoqui JE, Makimura H. Relationship between serum IGF-1 and skeletal muscle IGF-1 mRNA expression to phosphocreatine recovery after exercise in obese men with reduced GH. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Feb; 100(2):617-25.
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Gonzales-Ellis BA, Pingul MM, Reddy S, Boney CM, Wajnrajch MP, Quintos JB. Growth hormone deficiency and central precocious puberty in Klinefelter syndrome: report of a case and review of KIGS database. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2013; 26(3-4):361-4.
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Rutter MM, Collins J, Rose SR, Woo JG, Sucharew H, Sawnani H, Hor KN, Cripe LH, Wong BL. Growth hormone treatment in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and glucocorticoid-induced growth failure. Neuromuscul Disord. 2012 Dec; 22(12):1046-56.