Historical Perspective. A brief historical review is helpful in. understanding why and how social and. economic policies may be just as important. as health policies in maintaining and. improving population health. Between the mid-eighteenth and mid-. nineteenth centuries, and accelerating.
Growth Hormone (Somatotropin) Growth hormone is a protein hormone of about 190 amino acids that is synthesized and secreted by cells called somatotrophs in the anterior pituitary. It is a major participant in control of several complex physiologic processes, including growth and metabolism.
Four of the six anterior pituitary hormones are tropic hormones that regulate the function of other endocrine organs. Most anterior pituitary hormones exhibit a diurnal rhythm of release, which is subject to modification by stimuli influencing the hypothalamus.