"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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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Human Growth Hormone" by people in Profiles.
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William Hunter Harridge lecture: The changing face of short-gut syndrome management. Am J Surg. 2017 Mar; 213(3):448-451.
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Effect of one week of CPAP treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea on 24-hour profiles of glucose, insulin and counter-regulatory hormones in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 03; 19(3):452-456.
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Protein supplementation does not alter intramuscular anabolic signaling or endocrine response after resistance exercise in trained men. Nutr Res. 2015 Nov; 35(11):990-1000.
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Sleep restriction increases free fatty acids in healthy men. Diabetologia. 2015 Apr; 58(4):791-8.
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Engineering synthetic antibody binders for allosteric inhibition of prolactin receptor signaling. Cell Commun Signal. 2015 Jan 15; 13:1.
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Impact of single and multiple sets of resistance exercise in type 1 diabetes. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Feb; 25(1):e99-109.
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Impact of GH replacement therapy on sleep in adult patients with GH deficiency of pituitary origin. Eur J Endocrinol. 2013 May; 168(5):763-70.
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Pattern of adrenal morphology and function in patients with acromegaly. Eur J Clin Invest. 2012 Mar; 42(3):275-81.
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Normal pubertal development: Part I: The endocrine basis of puberty. Pediatr Rev. 2011 Jun; 32(6):223-9.
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Assessing the value of treatments to increase height. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 31; 364(13):1274-6.