MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Human Growth Hormone
Tree Number(s): D06.472.699.631.525.425.875; D12.644.548.691.525.425.875
Unique ID: D019382
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019382
Annotation: GROWTH HORMONE, unspecified is also available; despite entry term, coordinate with RECOMBINANT PROTEINS for recombinant human growth hormone
Scope Note: A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.
Entry Term(s): Cryo-Tropin; Genotonorm; Genotropin; Humatrope; Maxomat; Norditropin; Norditropin Simplexx; Norditropine; Nutropin; Omnitrope; Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian); Saizen; Serostim; Somatotropin (Human); Somatropin; Somatropin (Human); Umatrope; Zomacton; hGH (Human Growth Hormone); r-hGH(m); r-hGH-M
CAS Type 1 Name: Somatotropin (human)
Previous Indexing: Recombinant Proteins (1986-1996); Somatotropin (1976-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see SOMATROPIN 1997-2002; SEROSTIM was indexed under SOMATOTROPINS, RECOMBINANT 1996-2002; NORDITROPIN was indexed under SOMATOTROPIN & RECOMBINANT PROTEINS 1992-1996
History Note: 2003 (1997); for SEROSTIM use SOMATOTROPINS, RECOMBINANT (NM) 1996-2002; use NORDITROPIN (NM) 1992-1996
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
- Hormones [D06.472]
  - Peptide Hormones [D06.472.699]
    - Pituitary Hormones [D06.472.699.631]
      - Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D06.472.699.631.525]
        
        Growth Hormone [D06.472.699.631.525.425]
        
        Human Growth Hormone [D06.472.699.631.525.425.875]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Peptides [D12.644]
  - Peptide Hormones [D12.644.548]
    - Pituitary Hormones [D12.644.548.691]
      - Pituitary Hormones, Anterior [D12.644.548.691.525]
        
        Growth Hormone [D12.644.548.691.525.425]
        
        Human Growth Hormone [D12.644.548.691.525.425.875]

Human Growth Hormone Preferred

Concept UI: M0028842
Scope Note: A 191-amino acid polypeptide hormone secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR), also known as GH or somatotropin. Synthetic growth hormone, termed somatropin, has replaced the natural form in therapeutic usage such as treatment of dwarfism in children with growth hormone deficiency.
Terms: Human Growth Hormone Preferred Term
Term UI T057768
Date02/01/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Somatotropin (Human)
Term UI T057767
Date02/01/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Somatropin
Term UI T057769
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Somatropin (Human)
Term UI T479782
Date01/29/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); hGH (Human Growth Hormone)
Term UI T485922
Date03/14/2002
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

Humatrope Narrower

Genotropin Narrower

Norditropin Narrower

Saizen Narrower

Nutropin Narrower

Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (Mammalian) Narrower

Maxomat Narrower

Zomacton Narrower

Cryo-Tropin Narrower

Omnitrope Narrower

Serostim Narrower

Human Growth Hormone MeSH Descriptor Data 2025