Growth Hormone

"Growth Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	D06.472.699.631.525.425 D12.644.548.691.525.425
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Growth Hormone".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Peptide Hormones [D06.472.699]
Pituitary Hormones [D06.472.699.631]
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D06.472.699.631.525]
Growth Hormone [D06.472.699.631.525.425]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Peptides [D12.644]
Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
Pituitary Hormones [D12.644.548.691]
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D12.644.548.691.525]
Growth Hormone [D12.644.548.691.525.425]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Growth Hormone".

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Growth Hormone
Human Growth Hormone

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1999	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

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Poudel SB, Ruff RR, He Z, Dixit M, Yildirim G, Jayarathne H, Manchanayake DH, Basta-Pljakic J, Duran-Ortiz S, Schaffler MB, Kopchick JJ, Sadagurski M, Yakar S. The impact of inactivation of the GH/IGF axis during aging on healthspan. Geroscience. 2025 Jun; 47(3):3027-3042.

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Dixit M, Duran-Ortiz S, Yildirim G, Poudel SB, Louis LD, Bartke A, Schaffler MB, Kopchick JJ, Yakar S. Induction of somatopause in adult mice compromises bone morphology and exacerbates bone loss during aging. Aging Cell. 2021 12; 20(12):e13505.

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Bergey CM, Lopez M, Harrison GF, Patin E, Cohen JA, Quintana-Murci L, Barreiro LB, Perry GH. Polygenic adaptation and convergent evolution on growth and cardiac genetic pathways in African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 11 27; 115(48):E11256-E11263.

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P?rez-Ibave DC, Rodr?guez-S?nchez IP, Garza-Rodr?guez ML, P?rez-Maya AA, Luna M, Ar?mburo C, Tsin A, Perry G, Mohamed-Noriega K, Mohamed-Noriega J, Cavazos-Adame H, Mohamed-Hamsho J, Barrera-Salda?a HA. Expression of growth hormone gene in the baboon eye. Exp Eye Res. 2018 04; 169:157-169.

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Liu Z, Han T, Fishman S, Butler J, Zimmermann T, Tremblay F, Harbison C, Agrawal N, Kopchick JJ, Schaffler MB, Yakar S. Ablation of Hepatic Production of the Acid-Labile Subunit in Bovine-GH Transgenic Mice: Effects on Organ and Skeletal Growth. Endocrinology. 2017 08 01; 158(8):2556-2571.

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Miyake M, Hori S, Morizawa Y, Tatsumi Y, Toritsuka M, Ohnishi S, Shimada K, Furuya H, Khadka VS, Deng Y, Ohnishi K, Iida K, Gotoh D, Nakai Y, Inoue T, Anai S, Torimoto K, Aoki K, Tanaka N, Konishi N, Fujimoto K. Collagen type IV alpha 1 (COL4A1) and collagen type XIII alpha 1 (COL13A1) produced in cancer cells promote tumor budding at the invasion front in human urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Oncotarget. 2017 May 30; 8(22):36099-36114.

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Chang YJ, Hwu CM, Yeh CC, Wang PS, Wang SW. Effects of subacute hypothyroidism on metabolism and growth-related molecules. Molecules. 2014 Jul 30; 19(8):11178-95.

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Blackmore DG, Reynolds BA, Golmohammadi MG, Large B, Aguilar RM, Haro L, Waters MJ, Rietze RL. Growth hormone responsive neural precursor cells reside within the adult mammalian brain. Sci Rep. 2012; 2:250.

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Fritton JC, Emerton KB, Sun H, Kawashima Y, Mejia W, Wu Y, Rosen CJ, Panus D, Bouxsein M, Majeska RJ, Schaffler MB, Yakar S. Growth hormone protects against ovariectomy-induced bone loss in states of low circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1). J Bone Miner Res. 2010 Feb; 25(2):235-46.

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Bigbee AJ, Grindeland RE, Roy RR, Zhong H, Gosselink KL, Arnaud S, Edgerton VR. Basal and evoked levels of bioassayable growth hormone are altered by hindlimb unloading. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2006 Mar; 100(3):1037-42.

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