"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Human Growth Hormone" by people in Profiles.
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Ferreira-Martins D, Walton E, Karlstrom RO, Sheridan MA, McCormick SD. The GH/IGF axis in the sea lamprey during metamorphosis and seawater acclimation. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2023 07 01; 571:111937.
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Rogol AD, Reiter EO. Growth and Growth Hormone through the Ages: Art and Science. Horm Res Paediatr. 2022; 95(6):515-528.
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Tonyushkina KN, Obi O, Visintainer P, Cobb V, Reiter E, Allen HF. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Are More Likely to Fail Growth Hormone Stimulation Testing than Children without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review. Horm Res Paediatr. 2023; 96(3):298-305.
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Likki SR, Allen HF, Knee A, Tonyushkina KN. Use of letrozole to augment height outcome in pubertal boys: a retrospective chart review. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Oct 26; 35(10):1232-1239.
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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.