Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Diabetes [PDF]
Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) is produced by the hypothalamus and stimulates growth hormone synthesis and release in the anterior pituitary gland.
Leonid Evsey Fridlyand+3 more
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Efficacy in Japanese adults with growth hormone deficiency receiving weekly somapacitan or daily growth hormone: results from phase 3 REAL 1 trial [PDF]
IntroductionSomapacitan is a long-acting growth hormone (GH) derivative approved for once-weekly treatment of adult GH deficiency (AGHD). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of somapacitan and daily GH in Japanese individuals with AGHD ...
Fumio Otsuka+5 more
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Comparison of growth hormone stimulation tests in prepubertal children with short stature according to response to growth hormone replacement [PDF]
Purpose Growth hormone (GH) stimulation tests are essential tools for diagnosing GH deficiency (GHD). We aimed to compare L-dopa, insulin, and arginine-induced stimulation tests based on response to GH replacement.
Seong Hwan Chang, Chan Jong Kim
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Response to growth hormone according to provocation test results in idiopathic short stature and idiopathic growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
Purpose To investigate growth response in children with either idiopathic short stature (ISS) or growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD). Methods The data of prepubertal GHD or ISS children treated using recombinant human GH were obtained from the LG Growth
Ju Young Yoon+9 more
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Molecular Basis for Hypochondroplasia in Japan
Hypochondroplasia is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder due to a heterozygous pathogenic variant of the FGFR3 gene. The early diagnosis of hypochondroplasia is necessary, since growth hormone is effective for improving adult height.
Tomohiro Ishii+8 more
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Objective: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosome disorder and genetic cause of infertility in males. A highly variable phenotype contributes to the fact that a large proportion of cases are never diagnosed.
Andre Madsen+2 more
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Growth hormone releasing hormone or growth hormone treatment in growth hormone insufficiency? [PDF]
Sixteen prepubertal children who were insufficient for growth hormone were treated with growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) 1-40 and GHRH 1-29 for a mean time of nine months (range 6-12 months) with each peptide. Eleven children received GHRH 1-40 in four subcutaneous nocturnal pulses (dose 4-8 micrograms/kg/day) and eight (three of whom were also ...
P J Smith, C G Brook
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Growth hormone treatment in non-growth hormone-deficient children [PDF]
Until 1985 growth hormone (GH) was obtained from pituitary extracts, and was available in limited amounts only to treat severe growth hormone deficiency (GHD).
Sandro Loche+3 more
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An improved strategy to analyse strigolactones in complex sample matrices using UHPLC–MS/MS
Background Strigolactones represent the most recently described group of plant hormones involved in many aspects of plant growth regulation. Simultaneously, root exuded strigolactones mediate rhizosphere signaling towards beneficial arbuscular ...
Kristýna Floková+6 more
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Effects of zearalenone on ovarian development of prepubertal gilts through growth hormone axis
This experiment aimed to establish the effects of zearalenone (ZEN) on ovarian development in prepubertal gilts through the growth hormone axis [growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) / growth hormone (GH) / growth hormone receptor (GHR)].
Fengyang Wu+8 more
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