Functional Expression of Human Growth Hormone (hGH) Transgene in the Rat Somatotroph

Antibodies to Human Growth Hormone (hgh) in Human Subjects Treated with Hgh.

Human growth hormone (HGH) (1, 2) has been used experimentally and therapeutically in man since 1957 (3-5). The metabolic and growth-promoting effects of the parenterally administered hormone in humans (3-5) and the antigenicity of various HGH preparations in rabbits and in guinea pigs (6, 7) are well documented. This paper describes the appearance of specific antibodiesto HGH in the plasma of ...

Using L-arabinose for Production of Human Growth Hormone in Escherichia coli, Studying the Processing of gIII::hGH Precursor

Cloning of Human Growth Hormone (hgh) in Ta Cloning Vector

The 22-KDa is the protein product of human growth hormone (hGH) gene isoform 1 of the pituitary hormone (Ahmed et. al., 1993). hGH gene was amplified with PCR from human growth hormone cDNA clone by specific designed primers containing extraterminals having Nco I and Bam HI restriction sites. The PCR product obtained was analyzed by enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing. The product was cloned in...

Immunofunctional assay of human growth hormone (hGH) in serum: a possible consensus for quantitative hGH measurement.

Confirmation of the diagnosis of GH deficiency in adults and children involves provocative testing for human (h) GH. Different commercially available immunoassays yield largely discrepant results in the measurement of GH levels in human serum. These discrepancies result in doubtful relevance of cut-off levels proposed for GH provocative testing. We have developed an immunofunctional assay metho...

Lentiviral vectors efficiently transduce human gonadotroph and somatotroph adenomas in vitro. Targeted expression of transgene by pituitary hormone promoters.

Despite important advances in human therapeutics, no specific treatment for both non-functioning gonadotroph and resistant somatotroph adenomas is available. Gene transfer by viral vectors can be considered as a promising way to achieve a specific and efficient treatment. Here we show the possibility of efficient gene transfer in human pituitary adenoma cells in vitro using a human immunodefici...