Book Description:
Growth hormone (GH) is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the synthesis, regulation and health implications of growth hormones. Topics include the effect of growth hormone on lipid metabolism; a stability study of somatropin by capillary zone electrophoresis; cardiac effects of growth hormone treatment in pediatric populations; and human growth hormone treatment in patients with Crohn's disease. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Biotech Platform for Discovery and Assessment of Growth Hormones, pp. 1-24
(Jorge Angel Ascacio-Martínez, Hugo Alberto Barrera-Saldaña, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey Nuevo León, México)

Theoretical Approaches to Growth Hormone Signaling, pp. 25-46
(Victoria Doldan-Martelli, David G. Miguez, Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain)

Effect of Growth Hormone on Lipid Metabolism: Basic and Clinical Aspects, pp. 47-82
(Fernando Mesquita Júnior, Cristiane Queixa Tilelli, Maria Emília Soares Martins-Santos, Valéria Ernestânia Chaves, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, and others)

The Human Growth Hormone: Synthesis, Regulation and Health Implications, pp. 83-94
(Marina Maria de Jesús Romero-Prado, Cardiovascular Unit Research, Department of Physiology, CUCS-Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México)

Circulation Concentration of Estradiol, Growth Hormone, Insulin Like Growth Factor after Follicle Aspiration in Cattle, pp. 95-106
(Taymour M. El-Sherry, Motozumi Matsui, Akio Miyamoto, Yoh-Ichi Miyake, Department of Theriogenology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, and others)

Stability Study of Somatropin by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis, pp. 107-124
(Thore W. Wilhelmsen, Venke Skibeli, Finn Cato Arntzen, Norwegian Medicines Agency, Oslo, Norway, and others)

Cardiac Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment in Pediatric Populations, pp. 125-138
(Steven E. Lipshultz, Janine Sanchez, Adriana Carrillo, Shannon Preble, Rebecca E. Scully, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, and others)

Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients with Growth Deficiency and Crohn’s Disease: New Perspectives, pp. 139-156
(Mieczyslaw Szaleck, Jerzy Starzyk, Malgorzata Wojcik, Department of Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Children’s Memorial Health Hospital, Warszawa, Poland, and others)

Index, pp. 157-170