Growth hormone secretagogues: history, mechanism of action, and clinical development

Abstract Growth hormone secretagogues (GHSs) are a generic term to describe compounds that increase growth hormone (GH) release. GHSs include agonists of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS‐R), whose natural ligand is ghrelin, and agonists of the growth hormone‐releasing hormone (GHRH) rec...

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Main Authors: Junichi Ishida, Masakazu Saitoh, Nicole Ebner, Jochen Springer, Stefan D. Anker, Stephan vonHaehling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:JCSM Rapid Communications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rco2.9