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IGF-1

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IGF-1Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (also seen as IGFI)
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Insulin, prolactin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2), and thyroid-associated hormones are involved in anabolism, whereas glucocorticoids are catabolic hormones [44].
Yakar, "Mechanisms of disease: metabolic effects of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1," Nature Clinical Practice.
Relative gene expression of: a) Growth hormone (gh), b) Insulin-like growth factor 1 (igf-1), c) growth hormone receptor (ghra) and d) Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (igf-1ra/b), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (igfbp-1) in the zebrafish larvae small and large body length groups assessment by qPCR.
Borsellino et al., "Stem cell-mediated muscle regeneration is enhanced by local isoform of insulin-like growth factor 1," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol.
There is a complex interplay of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), growth hormone (GH) and markers of insulin resistance and inflammation in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), thus making the story of AMI difficult to understand.
Polymorphism of insulin-like growth factor 1 gene is associated with breast muscle yields in chickens.
The complex mechanisms underlying this retardation involve a state of resistance to the action of growth hormone secreted by the pituitary, an endocrine gland situated beneath the brain, which normally stimulates the production by numerous tissues of growth factors such as Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1).
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1): a growth hormone.
Insulin-like growth factor 1 induces hypoxia-inducible factor 1-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor expression, which is dependent on MAP kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling in colon cancer cells.
Palmer, "Insulin-like growth factor 1 and hair growth," Dermatology Online Journal, vol.
d'Argy et al., "Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptors in the human brain: quantitative autoradiographic localization," Brain Research, vol.
The term growth hormone insensitivity describes a group of disorders,both inherited and acquired, in which there are clinical and endocrine features of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) deficiency and resistance to exogenous human growth hormone, associated with growth hormone secretion that would not be considered abnormally low.
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