March 2002, by the abstracts

Still only reading the abstracts due to lack of access.

This issue is a continuation on the growth hormone papers from last issue. There is a lot more mentions of ghrelin in these papers than in the ones I read from 1999. It's one of the secretagogues.

"Relationship Between Exercise and Growth Hormone Neuroendocrine Function". A review of the effects of exercise on growth hormone. This one could be interesting.

"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Growth Hormone Action on Skeletal Muscle: Implications for Treatment of Age-Associated Sarcopenia". How growth hormone/IGF-1 make muscles grow.

"Assessing Safety and Efficacy of Growth Hormone Replacement in Aging by Community Physicians". Review on safety profile I think.

"Growth Hormone: Challenges and Opportunities for the Biotechnology Sector". Some kind of review. Dunno.

"Localization and the Role of Growth Hormone Secretagogues in the Central Nervous System". Which bits of the brain the secretagogues touch.

"Growing Pains: Bioethical Perspectives on Growth Hormone Replacement Research". Ethics.

"Sex-Steroid Hormone Modulation of the Tripeptidyl Control of the Human Somatotropic Axis". I think it's on estrogen modulation of GH. Maybe testosterone too.


"N⁶-Furfuryladenine (Kinetin) as a Potential Anti-Aging Molecule".  Something completely different. A cell-division inducer being touted as an anti-oxidant. Not growth hormone related, but doesn't sound like much fun either.

Book review of the 5th edition of the Handbook of the Biology of Aging. Supposedly good.

The usual literature review section reviewing a paper about alternative splicings of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, and possible control mechanisms of telomerase through control of splicing enzymes.