Zvi Laron

Zvi Laron ( born February 6, 1927 in Chernivtsi, at that time Romania, now Ukraine) is an Israeli Kinderendokrinologe and emeritus professor of Romanian origin.

Career and work

Zvi Laron began his medical training at the University of Timisoara. In 1948 he emigrated to Israel. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he graduated in 1952. From 1956 to 1957 worked Laron in Boston at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as a Research and Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics. Then he went back to Israel, where he was Director of the Institute of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology of the Sackler Faculty of Tel Aviv University from 1958 until his retirement in 1992.

Laron is considered the founder of the Children Endocrinology in Israel. In 1966 he described together with Athalia Pertzelan and S. Mannheimer was the first new form of pituitary dwarfism. In this genetic disease, a growth hormone deficiency is caused by a resistance somatotropin. The disease is named after its discoverer as Laron syndrome.

Honors

Laron has received numerous international awards. He is, for example, since 1987 a member of the Leopoldina. In 1998 he received the Neiman - Natan Medal from the University of Nancy and 1999 the Andrea Prader Award. In 2008 he became a Knight of the Order of the White Rose ( Finland) and in 2009 he was awarded the Israel Prize. He was an honorary doctorate awarded by several universities, such as the University of Iuliu Haţieganu (1998 ), the University Victor Babeş (2000) and the Università del Piemonte Orientale ( 2000).

Publications (selection)

Reference Books

  • Zvi Laron, John J. Kopchick (ed.): Laron Syndrome. Springer Verlag, 2011, ISBN 3-642-11182-3, 531 S.eingeschränkte Preview in the Google Book Search
  • Zvi Laron, John S. Parks: Lessons from Laron syndrome (LS ) 1966-1992. Publishing Karger Publishers, 1993, ISBN 3-8055-5671-3 limited preview on Google Book Search

Articles

  • Z. Laron: Insulin and the brain. In: Archives of physiology and biochemistry Volume 115, Number 2, May 2009, pp. 112-116, ISSN 1744-4160. doi: 10.1080/13813450902949012. PMID 19,485,707th (Review).
  • Z. Laron: Insulin -a growth hormone. In: Archives of physiology and biochemistry Volume 114, Number 1, February 2008, pp. 11-16, ISSN 1381-3455. doi: 10.1080/13813450801928356. PMID 18,465,354th (Review).
  • Z. Laron: The GH- IGF1 axis and longevity. The paradigm of IGF1 deficiency. In: Hormones Volume 7, Number 1, Jan- Mar 2008, pp. 24-27, ISSN 1109-3099. PMID 18,359,741th (Review).
  • Laron Z.: Growth hormone insensitivity ( Laron syndrome ). In: Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders Volume 3, Number 4, December 2002, pp. 347-355, ISSN 1389-9155. PMID 12,424,436th (Review).
  • Z. Laron: Insulin - like growth factor 1 (IGF -1 ): a growth hormone. In: Molecular pathology: MP Volume 54, Number 5, October 2001, pp. 311-316, ISSN 1366-8714. PMID 11,577,173th PMC 118708 (Free full text ). (Review).
  • Z. Laron: Childhood diabetes towards the 21st century. In: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism Volume 11, Number 3, 1998, pp. 387-402, ISSN 0334 - 018x. PMID 11,517,955th (Review).
  • Z. Laron, XL Wang: Growth hormone, lipoprotein ( a) and cardiovascular disease. In: European Heart Journal Volume 19, Number 2, February 1998, pp. 204-206, ISSN 0195 - 668X. PMID 9519313th (Review).
  • Z. Laron: Disorders of growth hormone resistance in childhood. In: Current opinion in pediatrics Volume 5, Number 4, August 1993, pp. 474-480, ISSN 1040-8703. PMID 8374676th (Review).
  • Z. Laron, S. Mannheimer, S. Guttmann: Plasma disappearance of various 131- I- labeled labeled growth hormone preparations in man and rabbit. In: Nature Volume 207, Number 994, July 1965, pp. 298-299, ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 5,886,224th
  • Z. Laron, S. Assa: Immunological properties of electrophoretic fractions of human growth hormone. In: Nature Volume 194 May 1962, pp. 491-492, ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 14,462,463th
  • Z. Laron, B. Epstein Halberstadt: Total and 1- tartaric acid inhibited rat serum acid phosphatase. In: Nature Volume 187, July 1960, pp. 67-68, ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 14,414,243th
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