Pedrolli, Francesca
Morello, Giulia
Gesmundo, Iacopo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-4764
Banfi, Dana
Ferro, Alma
Wangpaichitr, Medhi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7338-2041
Sha, Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-2325
Tamagno, Elena
Schally, Andrew V.
Guglielmotto, Michela
Granata, Riccarda https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-7313
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (20223WSTY4)
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (202229X8hW)
Fondazione CRT (106459/2023.1741)
Fondazione CRT (10683/2023.1759)
Beneficientia Stiftung Foundation
Local Research Funding (Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin) (# RILO_24_01).
Veterans Affairs Department and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Medical Research Service of the Veterans Affairs Department and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Article History
Received: 16 June 2025
Revised: 6 March 2026
Accepted: 24 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Competing interests
: WS, MW and AVS are co-inventors on the patents for GHRH analogs, assigned to the University of Miami and Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: The ethics approval for animal work was provided by the Italian Ministry of Health (protocol #1061/2024-PR), and all procedures were authorized by the Animal Care Committee of the University of Turin. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.