Skip to main content
Log in

Reflections on growth hormone

  • Opinion
  • Published:
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

References

  1. De Vos A.M., Ultsch M., Kossiakoff A.A. Human Growth Hormone and extracellular domain of its receptor crystal structure of the complex. Science 1992, 255: 306–312.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Bowers C.Y. Growth hormone-releasing peptide (GHRP). Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 1998, 54: 1316–1329.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Howard A.D., Feighner S.D., Cully D.F., Arena J.P., Liberator P.A., Rosenblum C.I., Hamelin M., Hreniuk D.L., Palyha O.C., Anderson J.M., Paress P.S., Diaz C., Chou M., Liu K.K., Mckee K.K., Pong S.S., Chaung L.Y.P., Elbrecht A., Dashkevicz M., Heavens R., Rigby M., Sirinathsinghji D.J.S., Dean D.C., Melillo D.G., Patchett A.A., Nargund R.P., Griffin P.R., Demartino J.A., Gupta S.K., Schaeffer J.M., Smith R.G., Vanderploeg L.H.T. A receptor in pituitary and hypothalamus that functions in growth hormone release. Science 1996, 273: 974–977.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Kojima M., Hosoda H., Date Y., Nakazato M., Matsuo H., Kangawa K. Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach. Nature 1999, 402: 656–660.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Ong H., McNicoll N., Escher E., Collu R., Deghenghi R., Locatelli V., Ghigo E., Muccioli G., Boghen M., Nilsson M. Identification of a pituitary growth hormone-releasing peptide (GHRP) receptor subtype by photoaffinity labeling. Endocrinology 1998, 139: 432–435.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Ong H., Bodart V., McNicoll N., Lamontagne D., Bouchard J.F. Binding sites for growth hormone-releasing peptide. Growth Hormone and IGF Research 1998, 8 (Suppl. B): 137–140.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Bodart V., Bouchard J.F., McNicoll N., Escher E., Carriere P., Ghigo E., Sejlitz T., Sirois M.G., Lamontagne D., Ong H. Identification and characterization of a new growth hormone-releasing peptide receptor in the heart. Circ. Res. 1999, 85: 796–802.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Palyha O.C., Feighner S.D., Tan C.P., Mckee K.K., Hreniuk D.L., Gao Y.D., Schleim K.D., Yang L.H., Morriello G.J., Nargund R., Patchett A.A., Howard A.D., Smith R.G. Ligand activation domain of human orphan growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) conserved from pufferfish to humans. Mol. Endocrinol. 2000, 14: 160–169.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Deghenghi, R. Reflections on growth hormone. J Endocrinol Invest 23, 480–481 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03343760

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03343760

Key-words

Navigation