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Norman L. Block

Orthopedic Specialty Hospital ·
Area of research
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research interest
Research interests include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, and Estrogen and related hormone effects.
h-index
47
citations
7,726
works
260
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

The potential role of follicle-stimulating hormone in the cardiovascular, metabolic, skeletal, and cognitive effects associated with androgen deprivation therapy
Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations 2017cited by 90position: middledoi
Synthesis and structure-activity studies on novel analogs of human growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) with enhanced inhibitory activities on tumor growth
Peptides 2017cited by 58position: middledoi
Protective effects of agonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) in early experimental diabetic retinopathy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 53position: middledoi
Discovery of LHRH and development of LHRH analogs for prostate cancer treatment
The Prostate 2017cited by 46position: middledoi
Expression of hypothalamic neurohormones and their receptors in the human eye
Oncotarget 2017cited by 15position: middledoi
Effects of an Antagonistic Analog of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone on Endometriosis in a Mouse Model and In Vitro
Reproductive Sciences 2017cited by 11position: middledoi
Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor antagonists inhibit human gastric cancer through downregulation of PAK1–STAT3/NF-κB signaling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 78position: middledoi
Profound Actions of an Agonist of Growth Hormone–Releasing Hormone on Angiogenic Therapy by Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2016cited by 39position: middledoi
Agonistic analogs of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) promote wound healing by stimulating the proliferation and survival of human dermal fibroblasts through ERK and AKT pathways
Oncotarget 2016cited by 36position: middledoi
Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor induce apoptosis specifically in retinoblastoma cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 35position: middledoi
Role of growth hormone-releasing hormone in dyslipidemia associated with experimental type 1 diabetes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 22position: middledoi
Genitourinary sarcoidosis: An essential review for the practicing clinician
Indian Journal of Urology 2016cited by 13position: firstdoi
Transplantation of bovine adrenocortical cells encapsulated in alginate
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015cited by 78position: middledoi
Beneficial effects of growth hormone-releasing hormone agonists on rat INS-1 cells and on streptozotocin-induced NOD/SCID mice
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015cited by 51position: middledoi
Growth Hormone–Releasing Hormone Agonists Reduce Myocardial Infarct Scar in Swine With Subacute Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Journal of the American Heart Association 2015cited by 36position: middledoi
New therapeutic approach to heart failure due to myocardial infarction based on targeting growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor
Oncotarget 2015cited by 30position: middledoi
Potentiating effects of GHRH analogs on the response to chemotherapy
Cell Cycle 2015cited by 23position: middledoi
Expression of Receptors for Pituitary-Type Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (pGHRH-R) in Human Papillary Thyroid Cancer Cells: Effects of GHRH Antagonists on Matrix Metalloproteinase-2
Hormones and Cancer 2015cited by 9position: middledoi
Blocking CD40-TRAF6 signaling is a therapeutic target in obesity-associated insulin resistance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 125position: middledoi
Preclinical efficacy of growth hormone-releasing hormone antagonists for androgen-dependent and castration-resistant human prostate cancer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 57position: middledoi
Antagonist of GH-releasing hormone receptors alleviates experimental ocular inflammation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 47position: middledoi
Agonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone stimulate self-renewal of cardiac stem cells and promote their survival
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 44position: middledoi
Novel GHRH antagonists suppress the growth of human malignant melanoma by restoring nuclear p27 function
Cell Cycle 2014cited by 31position: middledoi
Protective effect of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone agonist in bacterial toxin-induced pulmonary barrier dysfunction
Frontiers in Physiology 2014cited by 23position: middledoi
Targeted cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), AEZS-108 (AN-152), inhibits the growth of DU-145 human castration-resistant prostate cancer<i>in vivo</i>and<i>in vitro</i>through elevating p21 and ROS levels
Oncotarget 2014cited by 22position: middledoi
Modulation of the Pancreatic Islet-Stress Axis as a Novel Potential Therapeutic Target in Diabetes Mellitus
Vitamins and hormones 2014cited by 12position: middledoi
Transplantation of human islets without immunosuppression
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 273position: middledoi
Hypothalamo-pituitary and immune-dependent adrenal regulation during systemic inflammation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 90position: middledoi
Synthesis of new potent agonistic analogs of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and evaluation of their endocrine and cardiac activities
Peptides 2013cited by 83position: middledoi
Transplantation of pancreatic islets to adrenal gland is promoted by agonists of growth-hormone-releasing hormone
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 37position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Andrew V. Schally · Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center47 papers (2012–2017)Ferenc G. Rick · Florida International University28 papers (2012–2017)Luca Szalontay · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center17 papers (2012–2017) · 11 papers (2012–2017)Márta Zarándi · University of Miami10 papers (2012–2017)Miklós Jászberényi · University of Szeged8 papers (2012–2017)Stefan R. Bornstein · Phoenix Contact (Germany)7 papers (2012–2015)Roberto Pérez‐Castañeda · Autonomous University of Tamaulipas7 papers (2012–2017)Petra Popovics · Wisconsin Division of Public Health7 papers (2013–2017)Renzhi Cai · Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control Prevention7 papers (2013–2017)Barbara Ludwig · Center for Environmental Health6 papers (2012–2015)Gábor Halmos · University of Debrecen6 papers (2012–2017)Ren-Zhi Cai · University of Miami6 papers (2012–2015)Wei Sha · Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center5 papers (2013–2017)Mehrdad Nadji · University of Miami5 papers (2012–2017) · 5 papers (2012–2013)Awtar Krishan · University of Miami5 papers (2012–2014)Rosemeire M. Kanashiro‐Takeuchi · University of Miami4 papers (2013–2015)Stefan Buchholz · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München4 papers (2012–2012)Rudolf Lucas · Medical University of South Carolina4 papers (2012–2016)