title: Physiological role of growth hormone in adult life.
abstract: Some historical background on the physiological effects of pituitary gland extract and later of purified hGH in experimental animals is given, and the regulatory role of hGH in the human adult is reviewed. The effects of hGH on carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism are complex and closely linked to the action of other hormones, particularly insulin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Sönksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011506:Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone