Dissecting adipose tissue lipolysis: molecular regulation and implications for metabolic disease

TS Nielsen, N Jessen, JOL Jørgensen… - Journal of …, 2014 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Lipolysis is the process by which triglycerides (TGs) are hydrolyzed to free fatty acids (FFAs)
and glycerol. In adipocytes, this is achieved by sequential action of adipose TG lipase …

The growth hormone signaling system: Insights into coordinating the anabolic and catabolic actions of growth hormone

HE Bergan-Roller, MA Sheridan - General and comparative endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
Although growth hormone (GH) is a multifunctional factor that coordinates various aspects of
feeding, reproduction, osmoregulation, and immune system function, perhaps two of its most …

Multiple effects of growth hormone in the body: is it really the hormone for growth?

J Devesa, C Almengló… - Clinical Medicine Insights …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In this review, we analyze the effects of growth hormone on a number of tissues and organs
and its putative role in the longitudinal growth of an organism. We conclude that the …

The impact of adipose tissue on insulin resistance in acromegaly

NC Olarescu, J Bollerslev - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Adipose tissue (AT) is recognized as key contributor to the systemic insulin resistance and
overt diabetes seen in metabolic syndrome. Acromegaly is a disease characterized by …

Acute sprint exercise transcriptome in human skeletal muscle

HC Rundqvist, A Montelius, T Osterlund, B Norman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Aim To examine global gene expression response to profound metabolic and hormonal
stress induced by acute sprint exercise. Methods Healthy men and women (n= 14) …

Growth hormone and obesity

A Hjelholt, M Høgild, AM Bak… - Endocrinology and …, 2020 - endo.theclinics.com
Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone secreted from the pituitary gland with pleiotropic
metabolic effects. 1, 2 It is essential for induction of postnatal longitudinal growth and this …

The acromegaly lipodystrophy

PU Freda - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are essential to normal growth,
metabolism, and body composition, but in acromegaly, excesses of these hormones …

Gene expression signature in adipose tissue of acromegaly patients

I Hochberg, QT Tran, AL Barkan, AR Saltiel… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
To study the effect of chronic excess growth hormone on adipose tissue, we performed RNA
sequencing in adipose tissue biopsies from patients with acromegaly (n= 7) or non …

The acute effects of growth hormone in adipose tissue is associated with suppression of antilipolytic signals

KL Høyer, ML Høgild, EO List, KY Lee… - Physiological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Since GH stimulates lipolysis in vivo after a 2‐hr lag phase, we studied whether this
involves GH signaling and gene expression in adipose tissue (AT). Methods Human …

Loss of adipocyte Stat5 confers increased depot-specific adiposity in Male and female mice that is not associated with altered adipose tissue lipolysis

AJ Richard, H Hang, TD Allerton, P Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
STATs (Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription) 5A and 5B are induced during
adipocyte differentiation and are primarily activated by growth hormone (GH) and prolactin …