Human Growth Hormone

Definition: Human Growth Hormone

Human Growth Hormone

Noun

1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans.

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	A protein hormone, secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary, which promotes growth of the whole body by stimulating protein synthesis. The human gene has already been cloned and successfully expressed in bacteria. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Human growth hormone (or hGH) is a polypeptide that is synthetised by somatotroph cells of the anterior lobe of pituitary gland. The genes for human growth hormone are localized in the q22-24 region of 17 chromosome and they are closely related to human chorionic sommatotropin (hCS) genes. The hormone is built of single polypeptide chain of 191 amino acid residues and has molecular weight of about 22,000. Despite marked structural similarities between growth hormone from different species only human and primate growth hormone is active in humans.

Together with human chorionic sommatotropin (hCS) and prolactin (PRL) it forms a group of hormones with growth-promoting and lactogenic activity.

The main action of hGH is to stimulate the liver and other tissues to produce IGF-1. Hepatic IGF-1 is believed to be a homeostatic regulator of tissue growth on the level of the whole organism. Tissue IGF-1 is said to possess autocrine properties. During developmental stages hGH is essential to promoting linear growth; it stimulates the growth of bone and muscle. Other actions of hGH:

increases protein synthesis (anabolic properties - positive nitrogen balance)
hyperglycemic (antagonistic to insulin)
lipolysis (increases levels of free fatty acids and glicerol)
influences mineral and bone metabolism
prolactin-like activity

It is the most abundant hormone produced by the pituitary. The production of hGH peaks during the rapid-growth phase of adolescence, then steadily drops with increasing age. HGH in the blood is only active for a few minutes. In this short time, it activates the production of the [[Insulin-like growth factor]] 1 (IGF-1) in the liver. Production of the hormone in the pituitary is pulsatile and the quantity produced depends on age and sex. The most frequent and highest peaks of production appear in pubertal age.
hGH also stimulates the immune system and increases body mass.

Diseases associated with hGH:

GH-dependent dwarfism
acromegaly
gigantism
Laron dwarfism

HGH and the black market

HGH has also gained popularity amongst body builders and other athletes who use anabolic steroid because of it's effects on muscle growth, creating an black market for the hormone.

Synonyms: Human Growth Hormone

Synonyms: growth hormone (n), somatotrophic hormone (n), somatotrophin (n), somatotropic hormone (n), somatotropin (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Human Growth Hormone

English words defined with "human growth hormone": Protropin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "human growth hormone": Sermorelin, Somatostatin. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Cellular receptors for human growth hormone : quantitative aspects and clinical applications (reference) Human growth hormone (reference) Prader-Willi Syndrome: Effects of Human Growth Hormone Treatment (Endocrine Development, Vol. 3) (reference) The Anti-Aging Hormones: That Can Help You Beat the Clock: Benefits and Dangers of Melatonin, Human Growth Hormone Dhea, Estrogen, Testosterone Insu (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Since 1985, all human growth hormone used in the United States has been synthesized by recombinant DNA procedures, which eliminates the risk of transmitting CJD by this route. (references)
		Skin is uniquely suited for gene therapy approaches to disease, not just for skin disorders, but for other diseases as well. It is accessible, it provides a way to introduce genetic material using carriers other than viruses, and it can help produce molecules such as insulin and human growth hormone to treat systemic diseases. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "human growth hormone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		humant væksthormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), HGH, væksthormon (growth hormone, growth substance, somatotropic hormone), STH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropt hormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), somatotropin (somatotrophin). (various references)

Dutch		humaan groeihormoon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), hGH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropine (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), menselijk groeihormoon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

Finnish		somatotropiini (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropine), kasvuhormoni (growth hormone, growth substance, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

French		hormone somatotrope, hormone de croissance humaine, HCH, somatotropine, somatotrophine. (various references)

German		Human-Wachstumshormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), HGH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), Wachstumshormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropes Hormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), menschliches Wachstumshormon (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

Greek		σωματοτροπίνη (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), ανθρώπινη αυξητική ορμόνη (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), αυξητική ορμόνη (growth hormone, growth substance, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

Italian		HGH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), STH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropina (growth hormone, placental lactogen, somatotropic hormone), somatormone (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), ormone umano della crescita (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), ormone somatotropo (growth hormone, placental lactogen, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�'ト成長ホルモン (hydra). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�'トせいちょうホルモン. (various references)

Pig Latin		umanhay owthgray ormonehay

Portuguese		hormona humana do crescimento (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), hormona do crescimento (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), HGH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), STH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropina (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

Spanish		hormona del crecimiento humano (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), hormona del crecimiento (growth hormone, placental lactogen, somatotropic hormone), HGH (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone), somatotropina (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone). (various references)

Swedish		somatotropin (growth hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropine). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 75 6D 61 6E 47 72 6F 77 74 68 48 6F 72 6D 6F 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000111 01110010 01101111 01110111 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110010 01101101 01101111 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#117 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#71 &#114 &#111 &#119 &#116 &#104 &#32 &#72 &#111 &#114 &#109 &#111 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0075 006D 0061 006E 0047 0072 006F 0077 0074 0068 0048 006F 0072 006D 006F 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42877967802418481898674242818479818071

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Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי� י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란�"�, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
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Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン�", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน � าษาและวั�'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ�"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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human growth hormone therapy	45	human growth hormone sale	12
human growth hormone research	38	human growth hormone boosters	9
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information on human growth hormone	26	human growth hormone report	7
human growth hormone danger	25	child and human growth hormone	6
side effects of human growth hormone	24	body building human growth hormone	6
natural human growth hormone releaser	23	ultimate human growth hormone	5
human growth hormone releasers	22	ghr 15 and human growth hormone	5
human growth hormone faq	21	human growth hormone booster	5
human growth hormone injection	20	human growth hormone spray	3
human growth hormone product	20	ageless human growth hormone	3
human growth hormone site	19	human growth hormone deficiency	3
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anti aging human growth hormone	17	human growth hormone pill	3
human growth hormone prescription	16	human growth hormone enhancers	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Human Growth Hormone

Definition: Human Growth Hormone