Growth hormone as an immunomodulating therapeutic agent

WJ Murphy, DL Longo - Immunology Today, 2000 - cell.com
WJ Murphy, DL Longo
Immunology Today, 2000cell.com
When the immune system is under stress it can be stimulated by growth hormone. At a
recent meeting** The Serono Symposium on Growth Hormone in Bone Marrow
Transplantation and Immune Deficiency was held in St Petersburg, Florida, USA, on 9–11
October 1999., scientists and clinicians discussed the potential for human growth hormone
to act as an immunomodulator in T-cell deficiency states such as after cancer treatment, after
bone marrow transplantation and during anti-retroviral therapy in AIDS.
Abstract
When the immune system is under stress it can be stimulated by growth hormone. At a recent meeting**The Serono Symposium on Growth Hormone in Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency was held in St Petersburg, Florida, USA, on 9–11 October 1999., scientists and clinicians discussed the potential for human growth hormone to act as an immunomodulator in T-cell deficiency states such as after cancer treatment, after bone marrow transplantation and during anti-retroviral therapy in AIDS.
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