[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone and reproduction: lessons learned from animal models and clinical trials

C Dosouto, J Calaf, A Polo, T Haahr… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Growth Hormone (GH) has been considered as a therapeutic option to increase the number
of growing follicles during Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) for more than 30 years …

[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone in fertility and infertility: Mechanisms of action and clinical applications

CW Chang, YW Sung, YW Hsueh, YY Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, growth hormone (GH) is a peptide that plays a
critical role in regulating cell growth, development, and metabolism in multiple targeted …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical application of growth hormone and its biological and molecular mechanisms in assisted reproduction

P Pan, X Huang - International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Growth hormone (GH) has been used as a co-gonadotrophin in assisted reproduction,
particularly in poor ovarian responders. The application of GH has been alleged to activate …

Effects of Growth Hormone on Adult Human Gonads: Action on Reproduction and Sexual Function

XY Zhou, JN Ma, YY Shen, XR Xie… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Growth hormone (GH), which is commonly considered to be a promoter of growth and
development, has direct and indirect effects on adult gonads that influence reproduction and …

[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor action in reproductive tissues

E Ipsa, VF Cruzat, JN Kagize, JL Yovich… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The role of growth hormone (GH) in human fertility is widely debated with some studies
demonstrating improvements in oocyte yield, enhanced embryo quality, and in some cases …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Growth Hormone in in vitro Fertilization

YM Xu, GM Hao, BL Gao - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone secreted mainly by the anterior part of the
pituitary gland and plays a critical role in cell growth, development, and metabolism …

Growth hormone regulation of follicular growth

MC Lucy - Reproduction, fertility and development, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
The somatotropic axis–consisting of growth hormone (GH), the insulin-like growth factors 1
and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2), GH binding protein (GHBP), IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) 1 to 6 …

[HTML][HTML] Growth Hormone in Fertility and Infertility: Physiology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

J Tesarik, JL Yovich, Y Menezo - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) has been used in the treatment of infertility since the late 1980s
(reviewed in Homburg and Ostergaard (1)). However, its indication was mostly empirical …

Growth hormone: roles in female reproduction

KL Hull, S Harvey - Journal of Endocrinology, 2001 - joe.bioscientifica.com
GH, as its name suggests, is obligatory for growth and development. It is, however, also
involved in the processes of sexual differentiation and pubertal maturation and it participates …

Growth hormone: roles in male reproduction

KL Hull, S Harvey - Endocrine, 2000 - Springer
Growth hormone (GH), as its name suggests, is obligatory for growth and development. It is,
however, also required for sexual differentiation and pubertal maturation and participates in …