Actions and potential therapeutic applications of growth hormone–releasing hormone agonists

AV Schally, X Zhang, R Cai, JM Hare, R Granata… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In this article, we briefly review the identification of GHRH, provide an abridged overview of
GHRH antagonists, and focus on studies with GHRH agonists. Potent GHRH agonists of JI …

40 YEARS OF IGF1: IGF1 receptor and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

M Mohyi, TJ Smith - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2018 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a vexing and poorly understood autoimmune
process involving the upper face and tissues surrounding the eyes. In TAO, the orbit can …

[HTML][HTML] IGF1 shapes macrophage activation in response to immunometabolic challenge

O Spadaro, CD Camell, L Bosurgi, KY Nguyen… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
In concert with their phagocytic activity, macrophages are thought to regulate the host
immunometabolic responses primarily via their ability to produce specific cytokines and …

Growth hormone releasing hormone signaling promotes Th17 cell differentiation and autoimmune inflammation

L Du, BM Ho, L Zhou, YWY Yip, JN He, Y Wei… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dysregulation of Th17 cell differentiation and pathogenicity contributes to multiple
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Previously growth hormone releasing hormone …

Growth hormone receptor deficiency protects against age-related NLRP3 inflammasome activation and immune senescence

O Spadaro, EL Goldberg, CD Camell, YH Youm… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The hallmarks of age-related immune senescence are chronic inflammation, aberrant
expansion of effector memory, and loss of naive T lymphocytes due in part to systemic …

Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor antagonists inhibit human gastric cancer through downregulation of PAK1–STAT3/NF-κB signaling

J Gan, X Ke, J Jiang, H Dong, Z Yao… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Gastric cancer (GC) ranks as the fourth most frequent in incidence and second in mortality
among all cancers worldwide. The development of effective treatment approaches is an …

Growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonists protect against hydrochloric acid-induced endothelial injury in vitro

N Barabutis, KT Kubra, MS Akhter - Environmental toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Growth hormone‐releasing hormone (GHRH) regulates the synthesis of growth hormone
from the anterior pituitary gland, and it is involved in inflammatory responses. On the other …

Growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonist MIA-602 inhibits inflammation induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and bacterial lipopolysaccharide synergism in …

G Granato, I Gesmundo, F Pedrolli, R Kasarla… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is characterized by an excessive inflammatory response and macrophage
hyperactivation, leading, in severe cases, to alveolar epithelial injury and acute respiratory …

Signaling mechanisms of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor in LPS-induced acute ocular inflammation

WC Liang, JL Ren, QX Yu, J Li, TK Ng… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Ocular inflammation is a major cause of visual impairment attributed to dysregulation of the
immune system. Previously, we have shown that the receptor for growth-hormone–releasing …

Growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor antagonist MIA-602 attenuates cardiopulmonary injury induced by BSL-2 rVSV-SARS-CoV-2 in hACE2 mice

JM Condor Capcha, A Kamiar… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
COVID-19 pneumonia causes acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ALI/ARDS) characterized by early pulmonary endothelial and epithelial injuries with altered …