title: Growth hormone system: skin interactions.
abstract: This paper describes the growth hormone system, emphasizing its possible effects on epidermal cells, dermal structures and wound healing. A review of the literature was conducted on studies concerning the growth hormone molecule, its receptor and carrier proteins and the other proteins involved in the mechanisms of its manifestation in dermal tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil. gbpovoa@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Póvoa
authors.forename: Lucia Martins
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Diniz
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 / Q000502:physiology; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000502:physiology; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D013002:Somatomedins; D019382:Human Growth Hormone