Growth hormone—past, present and future

MB Ranke, JM Wit - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Growth hormone (GH) research and its clinical application for the treatment of growth
disorders span more than a century. During the first half of the 20th century, clinical …

International consensus guideline on small for gestational age: etiology and management from infancy to early adulthood

ACS Hokken-Koelega, M van der Steen… - Endocrine …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract This International Consensus Guideline was developed by experts in the field of
small for gestational age (SGA) of 10 pediatric endocrine societies worldwide. A consensus …

Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

E Marouli, M Graff, C Medina-Gomez, KS Lo, AR Wood… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common
associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we …

Skeletal disorders associated with the growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor 1 axis

G Mazziotti, AG Lania, E Canalis - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) are important regulators of
bone remodelling and metabolism and have an essential role in the achievement and …

40 YEARS OF IGF1: Insulin-like growth factors: actions on the skeleton

S Yakar, H Werner, CJ Rosen - Journal of molecular …, 2018‏ - jme.bioscientifica.com
The discovery of the growth hormone (GH)-mediated somatic factors (somatomedins),
insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and-II, has elicited an enormous interest primarily among …

Children born small for gestational age: differential diagnosis, molecular genetic evaluation, and implications

MJJ Finken, M van der Steen, CCJ Smeets… - Endocrine …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Children born small for gestational age (SGA), defined as a birth weight and/or length
below− 2 SD score (SDS), comprise a heterogeneous group. The causes of SGA are …

The pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) story

CA Conover, C Oxvig - Endocrine reviews, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) was first identified in the early 1970s as a
placental protein of unknown function, present at high concentrations in the circulation of …

Disorders of IGFs and IGF-1R signaling pathways

BE Forbes, AJ Blyth, JM Wit - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system comprises two ligands, IGF-I and IGF-II, that
regulate multiple physiological processes, including mammalian development, metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] IGF2: Development, Genetic and Epigenetic Abnormalities

C Sélénou, F Brioude, E Giabicani, ML Sobrier… - Cells, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
In the 30 years since the first report of parental imprinting in insulin-like growth factor 2 (Igf2)
knockout mouse models, we have learnt much about the structure of this protein, its role and …

Management of growth disorders in puberty: GH, GnRHa, and aromatase inhibitors: a clinical review

N Mauras, J Ross, V Mericq - Endocrine reviews, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Pubertal children with significant growth retardation represent a considerable therapeutic
challenge. In growth hormone (GH) deficiency, and in those without identifiable pathologies …