期刊
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
卷 14, 期 7, 页码 616-619出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s004670000338
关键词
catch-up growth; growth plate; glucocorticoids; chondrocyte
Many systemic diseases impair linear growth. If remission occurs, growth will often accelerate beyond the normal rate for age, a phenomenon termed catch-up growth. As a result, final height is improved, although this recovery of adult stature is frequently incomplete. Two principal models have been proposed to explain catch-up growth. The first model postulates a central nervous system mechanism that compares actual body size with an age-appropriate set-point and then adjusts growth rate accordingly. However, there is recent evidence that growth inhibition in a single growth plate is followed by local catch-up growth, a finding not readily explained by the neuroendocrine model. Thus, a new model has been proposed that places the mechanism within the growth plate itself. According to this model, growth-inhibiting conditions decrease proliferation of growth plate stem cells, thus conserving their proliferative potential. Additional research is needed to determine whether the mechanisms governing catch-up growth are local, systemic, or both.
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