growth hormone (gh)
11Growth hormone — Somatotropin Strukturmodell des Somatotropin nach Kristallstruktur.[1] …
12growth hormone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms growth hormone : singular growth hormone plural growth hormones biology a hormone that helps the process of growth in animal and plant cells. In animals, it is produced in the pituitary gland …
13growth hormone — noun a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans • Syn: ↑somatotropin, ↑somatotrophin, ↑somatotropic hormone, ↑somatotrophic hormone, ↑STH, ↑human growth hormone • Hypernyms: ↑ …
14Growth hormone treatment — Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands. GH is now produced by recombinant DNA technology, and… …
15Growth hormone secretagogue receptor — is a G protein coupled receptor which binds ghrelin.cite journal | author = Davenport AP, Bonner TI, Foord SM, Harmar AJ, Neubig RR, Pin JP, Spedding M, Kojima M, Kangawa K | title = International Union of Pharmacology. LVI. Ghrelin receptor… …
16Growth hormone receptor — Growth hormone receptor, also known as GHR, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = This gene encodes a protein that is a transmembrane receptor for growth hormone. Binding of growth hormone to the receptor leads to receptor… …
17growth hormone-releasing hormone — n a neuropeptide released by the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of growth hormone abbr. GHRH called also growth hormone releasing factor …
18growth hormone releasing factor — growth′ hor mone releas′ing fac tor n. biochem. a substance produced in the hypothalamus that regulates the release of growth hormone …
19growth hormone — growth′ hor mone n. biochem. any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, esp. a species specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin • Etymology: 1920–25 …
20Growth hormone deficiency — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Growth hormone DiseasesDB = 5447 ICD10 = ICD10|E|23|0|e|20 ICD9 = ICD9|253.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001176 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 930 MeshID = D004393 Growth Hormone Deficiency is the… …
