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  • Title: Glucocorticoids, thyroid hormone and growth hormone interactions: implications for the growth plate.
    Author: Siebler T, Robson H, Shalet SM, Williams GR.
    Journal: Horm Res; 2001; 56 Suppl 1():7-12. PubMed ID: 11786678.
    Abstract:
    Linear growth occurs during childhood and results from endochondral ossification in the growth plate. Prepubertal growth is primarily regulated by growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, with important contributions from glucocorticoids (GC) and thyroid hormone (T(3)). The somatomedin hypothesis proposed that GH stimulates hepatic IGF-I production, which then regulates growth via IGF-I receptor expressing chondrocytes in an endocrine fashion. Recent studies indicate that locally acting IGF-I is a key determinant of endochondral ossification and that GH, GC and T(3) regulate expression of IGF-I and its receptor in the growth plate directly. Analysis of hormone imbalance during childhood and studies of genetically modified mice provide support for an important GH and IGF-I autocrine/paracrine pathway and for direct effects of GC and T(3) during endochondral ossification. Thus, the epiphyseal growth plate is a key site for convergent hormone action that mediates the control of linear growth.
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