ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Endocrinol.

Sec. Pediatric Endocrinology

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1553008

Research Progress in Abnormal Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Protein Metabolism in Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency

Provisionally accepted
  • 1Dalian Women and Children’s Medical Center(Group), Dalian, China
  • 2Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China

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Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by reduced or insufficient secretion of growth hormone (GH). GHD manifests with a heterogenous spectrum of symptoms mainly affecting musculoskeletal and endocrine system, with an increased predisposition to psychosocial disorders and ultimately reduced quality of life. Metabolic derangements of GHD are reported in carbohydrate (insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus), lipid (hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia), and protein (decreased lean body mass) metabolism. Currently, recombinant growth hormone (rhGH) replacement therapy is the primary standard of care for the treatment of GHD. Understanding the impact of GH, including the effect of GHD and rhGH therapy, on metabolism would be a critical step in development of effective treatment and selecting the best management strategies. This article reviews research progress and aims to offer new perspectives on the metabolic state of patients suffering from GHD and to compile data about the impact of rhGH therapy on metabolic pathways.

Keywords: growth hormone deficiency, Child, Growth hormone therapy, Metabolism, rHGH

Received: 29 Dec 2024; Accepted: 28 Apr 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Ma, Zheng, Zhang and Sun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Hao Sun, Dalian Women and Children’s Medical Center(Group), Dalian, China

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