Efficacy of combined octreotide and cabergoline treatment in patients with acromegaly: a retrospective clinical study and review of the literature

K Suda, N Inoshita, G Iguchi, H Fukuoka… - Endocrine …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Although somatostatin analogues are effective medical therapy for acromegaly, the serum
insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels remain uncontrolled in 35% of patients. Combined …

Hormonal trends in patients suffering from long COVID symptoms

N Sunada, H Honda, Y Nakano, K Yamamoto… - Endocrine …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Symptoms of long COVID are complex and long-lasting, and endocrine dysfunction might be
involved in the underlying mechanisms. In this study, to clarify the hormonal characteristics …

Growth hormone signaling in liver diseases: therapeutic potentials and controversies

M Oxley, H Francis, K Sato - Seminars in Liver Disease, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Growth hormone (GH) and downstream insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) signaling mediate
growth and metabolism. GH deficiency causes short stature or dwarfism, and excess GH …

Insulin-like growth factor-1 levels are associated with high comorbidity of metabolic disorders in obese subjects; a Japanese single-center, retrospective-study

H Kubo, S Sawada, M Satoh, Y Asai, S Kodama… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) plays important roles in metabolic functions, especially in
adulthood. Additionally, obese subjects are reportedly predisposed to having low absolute …

Reference ranges for serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in healthy Chinese adults

H Zhu, Y Xu, F Gong, G Shan, H Yang, K Xu, D Zhang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To determine serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) levels in healthy Chinese
adults, establish reference ranges for serum IGF-I levels and observe the effects of age, sex …

Lower levels of insulin‐like growth factor‐1 standard deviation score are associated with histological severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease

Y Sumida, Y Yonei, S Tanaka, K Mori… - Hepatology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Growth hormone (GH) deficiency may be associated with histological progression of
non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) which includes non‐alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) …

Association between serum uric acid and triglyceride-glucose index in children and adolescents with short stature

Q Zhao, M Zhang, Y Chu, B Ban - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) and the
triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, which is a more effective indicator of insulin resistance. The …

Characteristics of sleep disturbance in patients with long COVID: a retrospective observational study in Japan

N Sunada, Y Nakano, Y Otsuka, K Tokumasu… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the clinical and endocrinological
features of sleep disturbance in patients with long COVID. Methods: This study was a single …

Contribution of gene mutations to Silver-Russell syndrome phenotype: multigene sequencing analysis in 92 etiology-unknown patients

T Inoue, A Nakamura, M Iwahashi-Odano… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is characterized by growth failure and
dysmorphic features. Major (epi) genetic causes of SRS are loss of methylation on …

Early recombinant human growth hormone treatment improves mental development and alleviates deterioration of motor function in infants and young children with …

RQ Cheng, YQ Ying, ZQ Qiu, JF Fu, CX Gong… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy has shown to improve
height and body composition in children with Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS), the evidence of …