Gene: GHR

Alternate names for this Gene: GHBP|GHIP

Gene Summary: This gene encodes a member of the type I cytokine receptor family, which is a transmembrane receptor for growth hormone. Binding of growth hormone to the receptor leads to receptor dimerization and the activation of an intra- and intercellular signal transduction pathway leading to growth. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Laron syndrome, also known as the growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS), a disorder characterized by short stature. In humans and rabbits, but not rodents, growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) is generated by proteolytic cleavage of the extracellular ligand-binding domain from the mature growth hormone receptor protein. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 5

Location in Chromosome : 5p13.1-p12

Description of this Gene: growth hormone receptor

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs17574650 in GHR gene and Blood Protein Measurement PMID 30072576 2018 Co-regulatory networks of human serum proteins link genetics to disease.

rs13188386 in GHR gene and Body Height PMID 30595370 2019 Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power.

rs6180 in GHR gene and Height PMID 21194676 2011 Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height.

rs121909357 in GHR gene and Laron Syndrome PMID 8504296 1993 Spectrum of growth hormone receptor mutations and associated haplotypes in Laron syndrome.

PMID 2779634 1989 Laron dwarfism and mutations of the growth hormone-receptor gene.

PMID 10870033 2000 Characterisation of novel missense mutations in the GH receptor gene causing severe growth retardation.

PMID 9851797 1998 Four contiguous amino acid substitutions, identified in patients with Laron syndrome, differently affect the binding affinity and intracellular trafficking of the growth hormone receptor.

PMID 9661642 1998 A novel mutation affecting the interdomain link region of the growth hormone receptor in a Vietnamese girl, and response to long-term treatment with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue.

PMID 14678285 2004 The first homozygous mutation (S226I) in the highly-conserved WSXWS-like motif of the GH receptor causing Laron syndrome: supression of GH secretion by GnRH analogue therapy not restored by dihydrotestosterone administration.

PMID 9024232 1997 Nine novel growth hormone receptor gene mutations in patients with Laron syndrome.

PMID 8137822 1994 A single amino acid substitution in the exoplasmic domain of the human growth hormone (GH) receptor confers familial GH resistance (Laron syndrome) with positive GH-binding activity by abolishing receptor homodimerization.

PMID 8450064 1993 Lack of hormone binding in COS-7 cells expressing a mutated growth hormone receptor found in Laron dwarfism.

PMID 1999489 1991 Recurrent nonsense mutations in the growth hormone receptor from patients with Laron dwarfism.

PMID 8488849 1993 Diverse growth hormone receptor gene mutations in Laron syndrome.

PMID 9851797 1998 We have analyzed the GH receptor (GHR) gene in four individuals with Laron syndrome, and a missense mutation was identified for each patient in the extracellular domain of the GHR (D152H, I153T, Q154P, and V155G).

PMID 9851797 1998 We have analyzed the GH receptor (GHR) gene in four individuals with Laron syndrome, and a missense mutation was identified for each patient in the extracellular domain of the GHR (D152H, I153T, Q154P, and V155G).

PMID 9851797 1998 We have analyzed the GH receptor (GHR) gene in four individuals with Laron syndrome, and a missense mutation was identified for each patient in the extracellular domain of the GHR (D152H, I153T, Q154P, and V155G).

rs121909361 in GHR gene and Short Stature, Idiopathic, Autosomal PMID 7565946 1995 Mutations of the growth hormone receptor in children with idiopathic short stature. The Growth Hormone Insensitivity Study Group.