"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 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 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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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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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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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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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.
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Nwosu BU, Soyka LA, Angelescu A, Lee MM. Evidence of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 proteolysis during growth hormone stimulation testing. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2011; 24(3-4):163-7.
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Sophan S, Meng CY, Pean P, Harwell J, Hutton E, Trzmielina S, Somasundaran M, Luzuriaga K, Pugatch D. Virologic and immunologic outcomes in HIV-infected Cambodian children after 18 months of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2010 Jan; 41(1):126-37.