ea0034p305 | Pituitary | SFEBES2014
Narayanaswamy Shakunthala
, Jayasena Channa
, Comninos Alexander
, Bhalla Sanjana
, Abbara Ali
, Gainyu-Dada Zainab
, Busbridge Mark
, Ghatei Mohammad
, Bloom Stephen
, Dhillo Waljit
Background: The peptide hormone kisspeptin is essential for human reproduction, acting on the hypothalamus to stimulate GnRH secretion. Kisspeptin is emerging as a possible novel therapeutic for women with infertility. However animal studies suggest that kisspeptin may also stimulate pituitary secretion of GH, prolactin, and TSH, which has important implications for its safety. There has been no previous study investigating kisspeptin effects on non-reproductive hormones in hu...