BACKGROUND Human growth hormone (hGH) is a single-chain polypeptide that participates in a wide range of biological functions such as metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids as well as in growth, development and immunity. Growth hormone deficiency in human occurs both in children and adults. The routine treatment for this condition is administration of recombinant human growth hormone ...

In order to investigate the effect of human growth hormone on T lymphocytes, we utilized a clonogenic assay for mitogen-responsive human peripheral blood T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes were purified by density gradient centrifugation and incubated in the presence of phytohemagglutinin using a two-layer agar technique for CFU- T-lymphocyte culture. Nanogram concentrations of human growth hormone, ov...

physiological mediators of human host such as androgenic hormones interfere pathogenic fungal growth. it has been revealed that the growth of yeasts as well as of dermatophytes is influenced by human androgenic hormones in vitro. in this reason for in vivo condition, the andrgenic hormones level must be measured in patients with dermatophytosis and healthy individuals. to this purpose we measur...