Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and -11 and IGFBinding Proteins-l, -2, and -3 in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus: Correlation with Metabolic Control and Height Attainment. [PDF]
, 1995 The putative effects of diabetes and metabolic control on circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding proteins (IGFBPs) remain controversial.
Blum, Werner F. +6 more
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Phase II prospective randomized trial of weight loss prior to radical prostatectomy. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND:Obesity is associated with poorly differentiated and advanced prostate cancer and increased mortality. In preclinical models, caloric restriction delays prostate cancer progression and prolongs survival.
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Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018 Background/Aims: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (CHB) plays a central role in the etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Emerging evidence implicates insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II as a major risk factor for the growth and ...
Yuanyuan Ji +5 more
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Isoform- and Paralog-Switching in IR-Signaling: When Diabetes Opens the Gates to Cancer
Biomolecules, 2020 Insulin receptor (IR) and IR-related signaling defects have been shown to trigger insulin-resistance in insulin-dependent cells and ultimately to give rise to type 2 diabetes in mammalian organisms.
Pierluigi Scalia +3 more
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Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in milk: a review
Revista do Instituto de Latícinios Cândido Tostes, 2016 Bovine milk and colostrum contain growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor IGF-I, IGF-II, transforming growth factor TGF-β1, TGF-β2, epidermal growth factor EGF, basic fibroblast growth factor bFGF and platelet-derived growth factor PDGF.
Fernanda Lopes da Silva +3 more
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New Insights from IGF-IR Stimulating Activity Analyses: Pathological Considerations
Cells, 2020 Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) play a crucial factor in the growth, differentiation and survival of cells in health and disease.
Joseph A.M.J.L. Janssen
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Insulin-like growth factors and related proteins in plasma and cerebrospinal fluids of HIV-positive individuals. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundClinically significant dysregulation of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family proteins occurs in HIV-infected individuals, but the details including whether the deficiencies in IGFs contribute to CNS dysfunction are unknown.MethodsWe ...
Choi, Namjong +4 more
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Changes in Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and -II Associated with Fat but not Lean Mass in Early Old Age [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To test the hypothesis that insulin-like growth factors-I and II (IGF-I and II) decline during late midlife and that greater declines are related to higher fat mass and lower lean mass.
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Doege–Potter Syndrome, cause of nonislet cell tumor hypoglycemia: the first case report from Nepal
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2017 Vivek Pant,1 Suman Baral,2 Gita Sayami,3 Prakash Sayami4 1Department of Biochemistry, 2Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine, 3Department of Pathology, 4Manmohan Cardiothoracic vascular and transplant Center, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan ...
Pant V, Baral S, Sayami G, Sayami P
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Journal of Obesity, 2012 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is closely related to insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidaemia.
Said O. Muhidin +4 more
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