title: Pituitary-bone connection in skeletal regulation.
abstract: Pituitary hormones have traditionally been thought to exert specific, but limited function on target tissues. More recently, the discovery of these hormones and their receptors in organs such as the skeleton suggests that pituitary hormones have more ubiquitous functions. Here, we discuss the interaction of growth hormone (GH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), prolactin, oxytocin and arginine vasopressin (AVP) with bone. The direct skeletal action of pituitary hormones therefore provides new insights and therapeutic opportunities for metabolic bone diseases, prominently osteoporosis.
authors: Mone
authors: M
authors: Zaidi
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Sun
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Liu
authors: Terry F
authors: TF
authors: Davies
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: New
authors: Alberta
authors: A
authors: Zallone
authors: Tony
authors: T
authors: Yuen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010907:Pituitary Hormones