Growth hormone and reproduction: a review of endocrine and autocrine/paracrine interactions

KL Hull, S Harvey - International journal of endocrinology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The somatotropic axis, consisting of growth hormone (GH), hepatic insulin‐like growth factor
I (IGF‐I), and assorted releasing factors, regulates growth and body composition …

The influence of different growth hormone addition protocols to poor ovarian responders on clinical outcomes in controlled ovary stimulation cycles: a systematic …

XL Li, L Wang, F Lv, XM Huang, LP Wang, Y Pan… - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Growth hormone (GH) is used as an adjuvant therapy in in vitro fertilization and
embryo transfer (IVF-ET) for poor ovarian responders, but findings for its effects on outcomes …

Effects of growth hormone on pregnancy rates of patients with thin endometrium

N Cui, AM Li, ZY Luo, ZM Zhao, YM Xu, J Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To investigate whether growth hormone (GH) could improve pregnancy rates of
patients with thin endometrium by clinical study and laboratory experiments. Materials and …

Polymorphism of the growth hormone gene and its association with growth traits in Boer goat bucks

GH Hua, SL Chen, JN Yu, KL Cai, CJ Wu, QL Li… - Meat science, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, the polymorphism of growth hormone (GH) gene was analyzed as a
genetic marker candidate for growth traits in Boer goat bucks. Two single nucleotide …

Growth hormone and endometrial receptivity

S Altmäe, L Aghajanova - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Administration of growth hormone (GH) during ovarian stimulation has shown beneficial
effects on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. It is generally believed that this improvement is …

Growth hormone supplementation improves implantation and pregnancy productivity rates for poor-prognosis patients undertaking IVF

JL Yovich, JD Stanger - Reproductive biomedicine online, 2010 - Elsevier
In a sequential crossover study of IVF conducted from 2002 to 2006, growth hormone (GH)
supplementation was assessed in poor-prognosis patients, categorized on the basis of past …

[HTML][HTML] Growth hormone (GH) improvement of ovarian responses and pregnancy outcome in poor ovarian responders: a randomized study

L Safdarian, M Aghahosseini, A Alyasin… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent evidence has emphasized growth hormone benefits in increasing the ovarian
response and improving the pregnancy rate in poor responders (POR), caused by aging …

The effects of growth hormone on clinical outcomes after frozen–thawed embryo transfer

W Xue-Mei, J Hong, Z Wen-Xiang, L Yang - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on clinical
outcomes of frozen–thawed embryo transfer (FET). Methods A prospective study was …

The potential role of growth hormone on the endometrium in assisted reproductive technology

FT Liu, Z Wu, J Yan, RJ Norman, R Li - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Growth hormone (GH) has been considered as an adjuvant treatment in human assisted
reproductive technology (ART) for several years. Its action was largely attributed to an …

Effect of growth hormone on oocyte competence in patients with multiple IVF failures

A Hazout, AM Junca, Y Menezo, J De Mouzon… - Reproductive …, 2009 - Elsevier
In a preliminary, unpublished randomized study conducted in 2000 on 39 patients, including
a placebo group, it was observed that the addition of growth hormone (GH) during ovarian …