- ►annals.org R Nass, SS Pezzoli, MC Oliveri, JT Patrie, … - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Growth hormone secretion and muscle mass decline from midpuberty
throughout life, culminating in sarcopenia, frailty, decreased function, and
loss of independence. The decline of growth hormone in the development of ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 10 versions
- ►asnjournals.org JD Kopple, AK Cheung, JS Christiansen, CB … - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2008 - Am Soc Nephrol Background: The mortality rate of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients
remains high. Measures of protein-energy wasting, including hypoalbuminemia, are
strongly associated with their high mortality. Growth hormone (GH) may ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 3 versions
TW Storer, L Woodhouse, L Magliano, AB … - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2008 - pt.wkhealth.com From the * Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University
School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; † Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism & Molecular Medicine, Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►nursing2008.com MM Kamiji, A Inui - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2008 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: Numerous studies have demonstrated potential beneficial effects
exerted by ghrelin in a number of diseases associated with wasting. Besides
ghrelin's orexigenic effect, anabolic as well as anti-inflammatory activity ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►eje-online.org JD Veldhuis, JM Patrie, K Frick, JY Weltman, … - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2005 - EFES Objective: A recent study indicated that twice-daily sc administration of a high
dose of recombinant human GHRH-1,44-amide (GHRH) for 90 days can alter body
composition in healthy older men. No data establish whether this is also ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►endojournals.org MD DeBoer, X Zhu, PR Levasseur, A Inui, Z … - Endocrinology, 2008 - Endocrine Soc Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increase in inflammatory
cytokines and can result in cachexia with loss of muscle and fat stores. We
previously demonstrated the efficacy of treating a model of cancer cachexia ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►physiology.org M Granado, AI Martin, M Lopez-Menduina, A … - American Journal of Physiology- Endocrinology And …, 2008 - Am Physiological Soc It has been reported that growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2), a
ghrelin receptor agonist, has an anti-inflammatory effect. We investigated
whether this GH secretagogue attenuates liver injury in LPS-treated rats. ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RR Wolfe, SL Miller, KB Miller - Clinical Nutrition, 2008 - Elsevier The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for protein, as promulgated by the Food
and Nutrition Board of the United States National Academy of Science, is 0.8 g
protein/kg body weight/day for all adults, regardless of age. This ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 27 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] H Liu, DM Bravata, I Olkin, S Nayak, B … - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Human growth hormone (GH) is widely used as an antiaging therapy,
although its use for this purpose has not been approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration and its distri- bution as an antiaging agent is illegal in ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JJ Carrero, AR Qureshi, P Parini, S Arver, B … - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2009 - Am Soc Nephrol Men treated with hemodialysis (HD) have a very poor prognosis and an elevated
risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the general population,
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