Growth hormone blood

It overcomes problems of product safety. Direct extraction of product from some native biological sources has, in the past, led to the unwitting transmission of disease. Examples include the transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) via infected blood products and the transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to persons receiving human growth hormone (GH) preparations derived from human pituitaries. 

Varma, S. et al., Growth hormone secretion by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells detected by an enzyme-linked immunoplaque assay, J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 76, 49, 1993. 

EPO is used in blood doping to generate more red blood cells for carrying oxygen. It is particularly favored by endurance athletes to enhance their performance. Human growth hormone (hGH, see description in Section 4.5.2) is used to build up muscle and bone strength. Both EPO and hGH are banned in sports. 

Hormones are intercellular messengers. They are typically (1) steroids (e.g., estrogens, androgens, and mineral corticoids, which control the level of water and salts excreted by the kidney), (2) polypeptides (e.g., insulin and endorphins), and (3) amino acid derivatives (e.g., epinephrine, or adrenaline, and norepinephrine, or noradrenaline). Hormones maintain homeostasis—the balance of biological activities in the body for example, insulin controls the blood glucose level, epinephrine and norepinephrine mediate the response to the external environment, and growth hormone promotes normal healthy growth and development. 

An excess of insulin can cause hypoglycaemia and the hormones that respond to this condition to restore normal glucose levels are known as the counter-regulatory hormones. They are adrenaline, glucagon, growth hormone and cortisol. An increase in the blood levels of these hormones can sometimes be used to conhrm a diagnosis of hypoglycaemia. 

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