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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2025

Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) and its signaling.

Gabor Halmos, Zsuzsanna Szabo, Nikoletta Dobos, Eva Juhasz, Andrew V Schally

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Pathogenesis of nonfamilial somatotroph adenomas.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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  5. CaNeurochemical research · 2026
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  9. Mention to Prof. Andrew V. Schally.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gabor HalmosDepartment of Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Rex u. 10, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary. halmos.gabor@pharm.unideb.hu.
Zsuzsanna SzaboDepartment of Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Rex u. 10, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
Nikoletta DobosDepartment of Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Rex u. 10, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
Eva JuhaszDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
Andrew V SchallyVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Endocrine, Polypeptide and Cancer Institute, Miami, FL, 33125, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hypothalamic polypeptide growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) stimulates the secretion of growth hormone (GH) from the pituitary through binding and activation of the pituitary type of GHRH receptor (GHRH-R), which belongs to the family of G protein-coupled receptors with seven potential membrane-spanning domains. Various splice variants of GHRH-R (SV) in human neoplasms and other extrapituitary tissues were demonstrated and their cDNA was sequenced. Among the SVs, splice variant 1 (SV1) possesses the greatest similarity to the full-length GHRH-R and remains functional by eliciting cAMP signaling and mitogenic activity upon stimulation by GHRH. In this review, we briefly discuss the activation, regulation, molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of GHRH-Rs and their SVs in various tissues and also summarize the expression, biological activities and potential function of GHRH, its analogs and their receptors. A large body of work have extensively studied and evaluated potential clinical applications of agonists and antagonists of GHRH in diverse fields, including oncology, endocrinology, obesity, diabetes, other metabolic dysfunctions, cardiology, immune functions, mood disorders, Alzheimer's and lung disease, ophthalmology, inflammation, wound healing and other applications. These results strongly support the potential therapeutic use of GHRH analogs in human medicine in the near future.

Indexed as

Receptors, NeuropeptideReceptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating HormoneSignal TransductionAnimalsGrowth Hormone-Releasing HormoneHumansGrowth Hormone-Releasing HormoneReceptors, NeuropeptideReceptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormonesomatotropin releasing hormone receptorGHRH receptor (GHRH-R)Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)SignalizationSplice variants (SVs)

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PMID39934495
PMCPMC12137518

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