"Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polypeptide that is secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, stimulates mitosis, cell differentiation and cell growth. Species-specific growth hormones have been synthesized.
| Descriptor ID |
D013006
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.525.425 D12.644.548.691.525.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Growth Hormone- Growth Hormone
- Pituitary Growth Hormone
- Somatotropin
- Growth Hormone, Pituitary
Growth Hormone, Recombinant- Growth Hormone, Recombinant
- Pituitary Growth Hormones, Recombinant
- Recombinant Pituitary Growth Hormones
- Recombinant Growth Hormones
- Growth Hormones, Recombinant
- Recombinant Growth Hormone
- Somatotropins, Recombinant
- Somatotropin, Recombinant
- Recombinant Somatotropin
- Growth Hormones Pituitary, Recombinant
- Recombinant Somatotropins
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Growth Hormone" by people in Profiles.
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Metabolic surgery-induced changes of the growth hormone system relate to improved adipose tissue function. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 06; 47(6):505-511.
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Confirmation of CAGSSS syndrome as a distinct entity in a Danish patient with a novel homozygous mutation in IARS2. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Apr; 173(4):1102-1108.
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Increased atherosclerotic lesion area in apoE deficient mice overexpressing bovine growth hormone. Atherosclerosis. 2006 Oct; 188(2):331-40.
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Floating-Harbor syndrome in two unrelated girls: mild short stature in one patient and effective growth hormone therapy in the other. Am J Med Genet. 2001 Nov 15; 104(1):47-52.
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