Type I insulin-like growth factor as a liver reserve assessment tool in hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2015 Reham Abdel-Wahab,1,2 Samir Shehata,2 Manal M Hassan,1 Mouhammed A Habra,3 Ghazaleh Eskandari,4 Peggy T Tinkey,5 Jennifer Mitchell,5 Ju-Seog Lee,6 Hesham M Amin,4,7 Ahmed O Kaseb11Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas ...
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Prevents Cellular Aging via Activation of Mitophagy
Journal of Aging Research, 2020 Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of cellular aging. Mitophagy is a critical mitochondrial quality control mechanism that removes dysfunctional mitochondria and contributes to cell survival. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) promotes survival of
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Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I alter Hippocampal Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Young and Old Rats [PDF]
, 2013 Cataloged from PDF version of article.In rats, as in humans, normal aging is characterized by a decline in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory, as well as in glutamatergic function.
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Role of sox9 in growth factor regulation of articular chondrocytes [PDF]
, 2015 Chondrogenic polypeptide growth factors influence articular chondrocyte functions that are required for articular cartilage repair. Sox9 is a transcription factor that regulates chondrogenesis, but its role in the growth factor regulation of chondrocyte ...
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Cortical Neurons Develop Insulin Resistance and Blunted Akt Signaling: A Potential Mechanism Contributing to Enhanced Ischemic Injury in Diabetes [PDF]
, 2011 Patients with diabetes are at higher risk of stroke and experience increased morbidity and mortality after stroke. We hypothesized that cortical neurons develop insulin resistance, which decreases neuroprotection via circulating insulin and insulin-like ...
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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2016 Introduction: Nutritional vulnerability is more evident during childhood, since malnutrition has an impact on academic performance and is linked to different diseases during this period. Likewise, an increase in the incidence and prevalence of obesity in
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Insulin-like growth factor I gene polymorphism associated with growth traits in beluga (Huso huso) fish [PDF]
, 2017 The aim of the present study was to detect polymorphism in Insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene of beluga (Huso huso) fish using PCR-SSCP technique and also investigation of its association with growth traits (condition factor, body length and ...
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Consequences of intrauterine growth restriction for the kidney [PDF]
, 2006 Low birth weight due to intrauterine growth restriction is associated with various diseases in adulthood, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and end-stage renal disease.
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International Journal of Dentistry, 2012 The aim of this paper was to determine whether the interaction between IGF, IGFBP, and VN modulates the functions of porcine EOE cells. Enamel organs from 6-month-old porcine third molars were dissociated into single epithelial cells and subcultured on ...
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Insulin-like growth factor- I and factors affecting it in thalassemia major
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015 Despite improvement of blood transfusion regimens and iron chelation therapy growth and maturational delay, cardiomyopathy, endocrinopathies and osteoporosis still occur in good number of thalassemic patients.
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