Endocrine Abstracts

The acceleration in linear growth at puberty is attributed to the combined physiological effects of both somatotropic and gonadal axes. In synergy, growth hormone (GH) and gonadal steroids (testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2)) stimulate longitudinal bone growth through direct stimulation of chondrocytes and osteoblast. Nutrition such as sufficient amount of nutrients including calcium, phosphate, sodium, potassium and iron and vitamins like vitamin D, vitamin A and vitamin C p...

The short children have lower social competence and show more social problems than children with normal stature. The physical appearance has consequences in terms of how short stature children are judged and treated by others as they can be teased or bullied due to short stature, which may affect future prospects of finding a job or a spouse. These psychosocial stressors are risk factors for the psychological adjustment for children of short stature. Stress responses are activ...

Puberty onset is sensitive to the energy reserves of the organism, especially in females where there is an association between obesity and early puberty. Studies have shown that in the presence of growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHSR1a) mutations, there is a decrease in ghrelin-mediated appetite, resulting in relatively low BMI, which contributes to the delayed onset of puberty. Furthermore, delayed puberty is observed in clinical conditions associated with low IGF1, ...

The combined physiological effects of somatotropic and gonadal axes have been demonstrated to cause acceleration in linear growth at puberty. In synergy, growth hormone (GH) and gonadal steroids (testosterone [T] and estradiol [E2]) stimulate longitudinal bone growth through direct stimulation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Amongst others, the secretion of GH is stimulated by ghrelin through its receptor called GH secretagogue receptor 1a (GHSR1a). Ghrelin is a peptide secre...