Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 regulation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

LE Dichtel, J Cordoba-Chacon… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Patients with obesity have a high prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD),
representing a spectrum of simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), without …

Programming of metabolism by adipokines during development

J Donato Jr - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
The intrauterine and early postnatal periods represent key developmental stages in which
an organism is highly susceptible to being permanently influenced by maternal factors and …

Characterization of the metabolic differences between male and female C57BL/6 mice

GO de Souza, F Wasinski, J Donato Jr - Life sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims The present study aims to compare the responses between male and female C57BL/6
mice to multiple metabolic challenges to understand the importance of sex in the control of …

[HTML][HTML] NTS catecholamine neurons mediate hypoglycemic hunger via medial hypothalamic feeding pathways

I Aklan, NS Atasoy, Y Yavuz, T Ates, I Coban… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Glucose is the essential energy source for the brain, whose deficit, triggered by energy
deprivation or therapeutic agents, can be fatal. Increased appetite is the key behavioral …

Central regulation of metabolism by growth hormone

J Donato Jr, F Wasinski, IC Furigo, M Metzger… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by the pituitary gland, and in addition to its classical
functions of regulating height, protein synthesis, tissue growth, and cell proliferation, GH …

Growth hormone action in somatostatin neurons regulates anxiety and fear memory

WO Dos Santos, VAL Juliano, FM Chaves… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Dysfunctions in growth hormone (GH) secretion increase the prevalence of anxiety and
other neuropsychiatric diseases. GH receptor (GHR) signaling in the amygdala has been …

Mice with gene alterations in the GH and IGF family

Y Qian, DE Berryman, R Basu, EO List, S Okada… - Pituitary, 2022 - Springer
Much of our understanding of GH's action stems from animal models and the generation and
characterization of genetically altered or modified mice. Manipulation of genes in the …

New findings on brain actions of growth hormone and potential clinical implications

J Donato Jr, JJ Kopchick - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2024 - Springer
Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by somatotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland. The
classical effects of GH comprise the stimulation of cell proliferation, tissue and body growth …

Melanocortin-3 receptor expression in AgRP neurons is required for normal activation of the neurons in response to energy deficiency

Y Gui, NS Dahir, Y Wu, G Downing, P Sweeney… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) is a negative regulator of the central
melanocortin circuitry via presynaptic expression on agouti-related protein (AgRP) nerve …

Understanding the role of growth hormone in situations of metabolic stress

MR Tavares, R Frazao, J Donato - Journal of Endocrinology, 2023 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Growth hormone (GH) is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and plays a key role in
controlling tissue and body growth. While basal GH secretion is considerably reduced along …