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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael O. Thorner is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily covers the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Other areas of study include Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Michael O. Thorner include:

  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Hormonal and Reproductive Studies
  • Vitamin D Research Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • UNC Libraries
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A

They have collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, including:

  • John C. McKew
  • George M. Bright
  • Aleksandra K. Bruchey
  • Erik L. Brincks
  • Peter Clayton

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael O. Thorner include:

  • Hormones and Aging: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement, 2023, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Development of a Predictive Enrichment Marker for the Oral GH Secretagogue LUM-201 in Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency, 2021, published in Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Corroboration of Height Velocity Prediction Markers for rhGH With an Oral GH Secretagogue Treatment in Children With GHD, 2021, published in Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Growth Hormone Secretagogues as Potential Therapeutic Agents to Restore Growth Hormone Secretion in Older Subjects to Those Observed in Young Adults, 2023, published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • A GH Secretagogue Receptor Agonist (LUM-201) Elicits Greater GH Responses than Standard GH Secretagogues in Subjects of a Pediatric GH Deficiency Trial, 2022, published in Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Among the recognitions received, Michael O. Thorner was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The role of ghrelin in GH secretion and GH disorders.

    Ralf Nass;Bruce D. Gaylinn;Michael O. Thorner

  • Characterization of a growth hormone-releasing factor from a human pancreatic islet tumour.

    Jean Rivier;Joachim Spiess;Michael Thorner;Wylie Vale

  • Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of growth hormone (GH) deficiency in childhood and adolescence: Summary statement of the GH research society

    Kenneth M. Attie;Bengt Ake Bengtsson;Sandra L. Blethen;Werner Blum

  • Effects of sex and age on the 24-hour profile of growth hormone secretion in man: importance of endogenous estradiol concentrations

    K. Y. Ho;W. S. Evans;R. M. Blizzard;J. D. Veldhuis

  • Treatment of acromegaly with the growth hormone-receptor antagonist pegvisomant.

    Trainer Pj;Drake Wm;Katznelson L;Freda Pu

  • Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of adults with growth hormone deficiency: Summary statement of the growth hormone research society workshop on adult growth hormone deficiency

    A. Attanasio;K. Attie;R. Baxter;B. A. Bengtsson

  • Long-term treatment of acromegaly with pegvisomant, a growth hormone receptor antagonist

    Aart Jan van der Lely;R Kent Hutson;Peter J Trainer;G Michael Besser

  • INHIBITION OF GASTRIN AND GASTRIC-ACID SECRETION BY GROWTH-HORMONE RELEASE-INHIBITING HORMONE

    S.R Bloom;C.H Mortimer;M.O Thorner;G.M Besser

  • The mutant growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) receptor of the little mouse does not bind GHRH.

    Bruce D. Gaylinn;Venita I. DeAlmeida;Charles E. Lyons;Kenneth C. Wu

  • Modulation of mammalian life span by the short isoform of p53

    Bernhard Maier;Wendy Gluba;Brian Bernier;Terry Turner

  • Fasting enhances growth hormone secretion and amplifies the complex rhythms of growth hormone secretion in man.

    K. Y. Ho;J. D. Veldhuis;M. L. Johnson;R. Furlanetto

  • Impaired growth hormone responses to growth hormone-releasing factor in obesity. A pituitary defect reversed with weight reduction.

    Timothy Williams;Michael Berelowitz;Stephen N. Joffe;Michael O. Thorner

  • Long-term treatment of galactorrhoea and hypogonadism with bromocriptine.

    M. O. Thorner;A. S. McNeilly;C. Hagan;G. M. Besser

  • Bromocriptine as Primary Therapy for Prolactin-Secreting Macroadenomas: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study*

    M. E. Molitch;R. L. Elton;R. E. Blackwell;B. Caldwell

  • Absence of ghrelin protects against early-onset obesity.

    Katherine E. Wortley;Juan-Pablo del Rincon;Jane D. Murray;Karen Garcia

  • Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Peptide Stimulates GH Release in Normal Men and Acts Synergistically with GH-Releasing Hormone*

    C Y Bowers;G A Reynolds;D Durham;C M Barrera

  • Somatotroph Hyperplasia: SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACROMEGALY BY REMOVAL OF A PANCREATIC ISLET TUMOR SECRETING A GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR

    M. O. Thorner;R. L. Perryman;M. J. Cronin;A. D. Rogol

  • Acyl and Total Ghrelin Are Suppressed Strongly by Ingested Proteins, Weakly by Lipids, and Biphasically by Carbohydrates

    Karen E. Foster-Schubert;Joost Overduin;Joost Overduin;Catherine E. Prudom;Jianhua Liu

  • Augmented growth hormone (GH) secretory burst frequency and amplitude mediate enhanced GH secretion during a two-day fast in normal men.

    Mark L. Hartman;Johannes D. Veldhuis;Michael L. Johnson;Mary M. Lee

  • Octreotide Treatment of Acromegaly: A Randomized, Multicenter Study

    Shereen Ezzat;Peter J. Snyder;William Francis Young;Louis D. Boyajy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Lee Vance
Mary Lee Vance University of Virginia
Alan D. Rogol
Alan D. Rogol University of Virginia
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Ken K. Y. Ho
Ken K. Y. Ho University of Pittsburgh
Kalman Kovacs
Kalman Kovacs St. Michael's Hospital
Lawrence A. Frohman
Lawrence A. Frohman University of Illinois at Chicago
Stephen M Shalet
Stephen M Shalet University of Manchester
John J. Kopchick
John J. Kopchick Ohio University

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