Growth hormone secretion, regulation

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Compared to other hormones we know little about the regulation of the secretion of growth hormone (see regulation of secretion of ACTH and TSH). A hypothalamic releasing factor is supposed to exist, but... 

Hertelendy, F., Machlin, L., and Kipnis, D. M., 1969, Further studies on the regulation of insulin and growth hormone secretion in the sheep. Endocrinology 84 192. 

In humans, most steroids function as hormones, chemical messengers that are secreted by endocrine glands and carried through the bloodstream to target tissues. There are two main classes of steroid hormones the sex hormones, which control maturation, tissue growth, and reproduction, and the adrenocortical hormones, which regulate a variety of metabolic processes. 

Growth hormone, also called somatotropic hormone, is secreted by the anterior pituitary. This hormone regulates the growth of the individual until somewhere around early adulthood or the time when the person no longer gains height. 

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