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Amino acids profile in girls with Turner syndrome during growth hormone therapy
Affiliations- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Paediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Institute of Paediatrics, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Abstract
Introduction: The influence of growth hormone (GH) treatment on amino acids (AAs) profile in patients with Turner syndrome (TS) was investigated.
Material and methods: The study group included girls with TS: treated with GH (GH+) and girls with no GH treatment (GH−). The control group consisted of healthy girls. Free plasma AAs were measured by the LC/MS/MS.
Results: The plasma concentrations of glutamine, threonine were significantly higher in group GH+ than in group GH− (p < 0.05). In group GH− the values of glutamine, alanine, isoleucine, glutamic acid were significantly different than in the control (p < 0.05–p < 0.008).
Conclusion: AAs profile in girls with TS might be characteristic for the disease but also depends on GH treatment.
Abstract
Introduction: The influence of growth hormone (GH) treatment on amino acids (AAs) profile in patients with Turner syndrome (TS) was investigated.
Material and methods: The study group included girls with TS: treated with GH (GH+) and girls with no GH treatment (GH−). The control group consisted of healthy girls. Free plasma AAs were measured by the LC/MS/MS.
Results: The plasma concentrations of glutamine, threonine were significantly higher in group GH+ than in group GH− (p < 0.05). In group GH− the values of glutamine, alanine, isoleucine, glutamic acid were significantly different than in the control (p < 0.05–p < 0.008).
Conclusion: AAs profile in girls with TS might be characteristic for the disease but also depends on GH treatment.
Keywords
amino acids, growth hormone, Turner syndrome
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Amino acids profile in girls with Turner syndrome during growth hormone therapy
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51-52
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2021-01-19
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DOI
10.5603/EP.a2020.0091
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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(1):51-52.
Keywords
amino acids
growth hormone
Turner syndrome
Authors
Jolanta Bugajska
Joanna Berska
Małgorzata Wójcik
Jerzy B. Starzyk
Krystyna Sztefko
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