Sheehan Syndrome Presenting with Psychotic Manifestations Mimicking Schizophrenia in a Young Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Janith Galhenage, Madhubhashinee Dayabandara, Noel Somasundaram

“…She had poor cortisol and growth hormone response to the insulin tolerance test. …”
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Transcriptional Profiling of Testis Development in Pre-Sexually-Mature Hezuo Pig by Zunqiang Yan, Qiaoli Yang, Pengfei Wang, Shuangbao Gun

“…Expressed genes in spermatocytes (SPCs) were enriched in the cAMP, cell cycle, male gamete generation, reproductive system development, and sexual reproduction, while growth hormone synthesis, gamete generation, reproductive process, and spermine synthase activity were enriched in Sertoli cells (SCs). …”
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The Effect of Endotoxin-Induced Inflammation on the Activity of the Somatotropic Axis in Sheep by Maciej Wójcik, Dorota Anna Zieba, Joanna Bochenek, Agata Krawczyńska, Marcin Barszcz, Alina Gajewska, Hanna Antushevich, Andrzej Przemysław Herman

“…The phenomenon of insensitivity to growth hormone resistance (GHres) was previously reported to be due to the development of inflammation. …”
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Effect of Dietary Administration of Green Macroalgae (Ulva intestinalis) on Mucosal and Systemic Immune Parameters, Antioxidant Defence, and Related Gene Expression in Zebrafish (D... by Elaheh Rouhani, Roghieh Safari, Mohammad Reza Imanpour, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Metin Yazici, Ehab El-Haroun

“…Antioxidant-related genes (SOD and CAT) and growth-related genes, including growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1), were remarkably upregulated with gutweed treatment (P<0.05). …”
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Changes in Cross-Sectional Area of the Median Nerve and Body Composition Parameters after Treatment of Acromegaly: 1 year Follow-Up by Ivana Ságová, Daniela Kantárová, Marián Mokáň, Peter Vaňuga

“…Changes in levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and body composition are potential parameters in pathology of median neuropathy in acromegaly. …”
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Effect of Orexin-A on Cortisol Secretion in H295R Cells via p70S6K/4EBP1 Signaling Pathway by Xiaocen Chang, Yuyan Zhao, Lei Guo

“…It is involved in the regulation of growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, thyroid, mineralocorticoid, and cortisol secretion. …”
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Promising horizons in achondroplasia along with the development of new drugs by Keiichi Ozono, Takuo Kubota, Toshimi Michigami

“…Along with severe short stature, foramen magnum stenosis and spinal canal stenosis are major complications: the former leads to sleep apnea, breathing disorders, myelopathy, hydrocephalus, and sudden death, and the latter causes pain in the extremities, numbness, muscle weakness, movement disorders, intermittent claudication, and bladder-rectal disorders. Growth hormone treatment is available for ACH only in Japan. …”
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Update on the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy by Jennifer L. Wilkinson-Berka, Antonia G. Miller

“…This review examines evidence from preclinical and clinical studies that shows that targeting inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system, vascular endothelial growth factor, corticosteroids, protein kinase C, growth hormone, and advanced glycation end-products are potential treatments for DR.…”
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Effects of dietary compound acidifier (Biomin) on the growth, anti-oxidation, immunity, and intestinal health of juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) by Junyu Yan, Kai Luo, Bo Wang, Jiaxin He, Can Li, Jiang Zhou, Wenhao Lai, Xin Zhou, Jingwei Ye, Mingzhu Pan, Yingbing Su, Weihua Gao, Kai Guo, Chengmin Zhao

“…The expression levels of gh (growth hormone), ghr (growth hormone receptor), igf-1 (insulin-like growth factors 1), igf-2, igfbp-1 (insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins-1), igfbp-2 and igfbp-3 in the liver of the 0.10 % group were significantly higher than the control and 0.08 % groups (P < 0.05). …”
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Performance of Nile tilapia juvenile fed diet containing different dosages ofrecombinant common carpgrowth hormone by Dian Hardiantho, . Alimuddin, Arief Eko Prasetiyo, Dwi Hany Yanti, Komar Sumantadinata

“… The studywas conductedtodetermine thedose of recombinant common carp growth hormone (rCcGH) supplemented in the commercial diet that generates the best performanceonbodyweight, biomass, andfeed conversion rate of juvenile tilapia.The dose of rCcGH administered was10, 20, and30mg/kg of commercial feed, andnorGH supplementation as control. …”
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Causes and Follow-Up of Central Diabetes Insipidus in Children by Wendong Liu, Jing Hou, Xiuqin Liu, Limin Wang, Guimei Li

“…Forty-four CDI children were associated with hypopituitarism, including 33 cases of PSIS with multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (MPHD) and 11 cases of growth hormone deficiency (IGHD). The pituitary volume in the cases of pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) with MPHD was smaller than that in the IGHD patients. …”
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Pituitary adenoma: literature review and association with TAS2R16 (rs978739, rs1357949) gene polymorphisms by E. Pileckaitė, G. Gedvilaitė, L. Kriaučiūnienė

“…Excess hormones secreted by PA can cause clinical syndromes, such as hyperprolactinemia (caused by excessive secretion of prolactin), acromegaly (due to excess growth hormone), and Cushing’s syndrome (due to excessive production of the adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH)). …”
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Post-traumatic pituitary stalk transection syndrome (PSTS) expeditiously manifested after a fall from a height combined with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a rare case report... by Yohei Ishiki, Atsuko Tamaki, Ken-ichiro Honma, Ken Yonaha, Takamitsu Yabiku, Taiki Teruya, Moriyuki Uehara, Yoshiro Nakayama, Rei Chinen, Tsugumi Uema, Sawako Nakachi, Shiki Okamoto, Hiroaki Masuzaki

“…In typical PSIS, anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies are restricted to growth hormone (GH) and gonadotropin during the pediatric age, gradually and generally progressing to panhypopituitarism in most cases. …”
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Changes in Locomotor Activity Observed During Acute Nicotine Withdrawal Can Be Attenuated by Ghrelin and GHRP-6 in Rats by Jázmin Ayman, András Buzás, Roberta Dochnal, Miklós Palotai, Miklós Jászberényi, Zsolt Bagosi

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Ghrelin and growth hormone-releasing peptide 6 (GHRP-6) are peptides which can stimulate GH release, acting through the same receptor. …”
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Multivariable Diagnostic Prediction Model to Detect Hormone Secretion Profile From T2W MRI Radiomics with Artificial Neural Networks in Pituitary Adenomas by Begumhan BAYSAL, Mehmet Bilgin ESER, Mahmut Bilal DOGAN, Muhammet Arif KURSUN

“…Outcomes were identified as 7 hormone secretion profiles [non-functioning pituitary adenoma, growth hormone-secreting adenomas, prolactinomas, adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting adenomas, pluri-hormonal secreting adenomas (PHA), follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone-secreting adenomas, and thyroid-stimulating hormone adenomas]. …”
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Growth, Feed Utilization, Lipid Metabolism, and Metamorphosis of Bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeianus) Tadpoles Fed Diets With Different Lipid Levels by Juan Gao, Ling Wang, Jian Zhang, Kangle Lu, Kai Song, Xueshan Li, Chunxiao Zhang

“…Weight gain (WG), specific growth rate (SGR), crude protein content of the whole body, apparent digestibility of dry matter and gross energy, intestinal lipase (LPS) capacity, lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) and contents of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the liver, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) content in the serum, and metamorphosis rate at stages 40 and 41 increased as the dietary lipid level increased from 4.46% to 12.34% and then decreased. …”
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Evaluation of Cottonseed Meal as an Alternative to Fish Meal in Diet for Juvenile Asian Red-Tailed Catfish Hemibagrus wyckioides by Biwei Li, Linhai Su, Yan Sun, Han Huang, Junming Deng, Zhiyong Cao

“…Dietary CSM inclusion regardless of levels increased the plasma growth hormone level as well as hepatic aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase activities but decreased the plasma glutamate dehydrogenase and AST activities (P<0.05). …”
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Association of Pathology Markers with Somatostatin Analogue Responsiveness in Acromegaly by George Kontogeorgos, Vyron Markussis, Eleni Thodou, Efi Kyrodimou, Theodossia Choreftaki, Panagiotis Nomikos, Kostas I. Lampropoulos, Stylianos Tsagarakis

“…In linear regression corrected for baseline growth hormone (GH), ZAC-1 immunostaining was significantly associated with a decrease in GH levels after SS-a treatment (beta (95% confidence interval): −1.53 (−2.80, −0.26), p = 0.021). …”
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Impaired Glucose Metabolisms of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes by Ye Zhang, Yanpeng Xing, Haibo Yuan, Xiaokun Gang, Weiying Guo, Zhuo Li, Guixia Wang

“…This group additionally underwent a steamed bread meal test and measurement of HbA1c, C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin 6, morning plasma cortisol, and growth hormone. Results. The two groups which with or without T2DM showed no significant differences in baseline characteristics. …”
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Propranolol for Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Efficacy and Effect on Pediatric Growth and Development by Rachel A. Giese, Merit Turner, Mario Cleves, J. Reed Gardner, Gresham T. Richter

“…This study examines physical growth, developmental milestones, and human growth hormone (hGH) levels in infants receiving propranolol for problematic IH. …”
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