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Role of ghrelin in promoting catch-up growth and maintaining metabolic homeostasis in small-for-gestational-age infants
- Source :
- Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 12 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.
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Abstract
- Small-for-gestational age (SGA) has been a great concern in the perinatal period as it leads to adverse perinatal outcomes and increased neonatal morbidity and mortality, has an impact on long-term health outcomes, and increases the risk of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular, and endocrine diseases in adulthood. As an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagotor (GHS-R), ghrelin may play an important role in regulating growth and energy metabolic homeostasis from fetal to adult life. We reviewed the role of ghrelin in catch-up growth and energy metabolism of SGA in recent years. In addition to promoting SGA catch-up growth, ghrelin may also participate in SGA energy metabolism and maintain metabolic homeostasis. The causes of small gestational age infants are very complex and may be related to a variety of metabolic pathway disorders. The related signaling pathways regulated by ghrelin may help to identify high-risk groups of SGA metabolic disorders and formulate targeted interventions to prevent the occurrence of adult dwarfism, insulin resistance-related metabolic syndrome and other diseases.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22962360
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.23226830d442b290979e334b6b037b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1395571