BRD2 and Insulin resistance: Moreover, the linear growth depends on the interaction between the gonadotropin hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and sex steroid hormones axis and GH-IGF-1; there’s a rise in GH during puberty, which has an effect on the estrogen and testosterone, which leads to the pulsatile secretion of GH, this increment leads to insulin resistance.