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Introduction The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), IGF1 and IGF2, are important regulators of placental and foetal development, as well as postnatal growth and metabolism. In humans, circulating IGF1 peaks in adolescence and then falls with age
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, normal GH secretion is important to avoid progression of hypoglycemic episodes into severe hypoglycemia. GH is reflected by insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), which is used to evaluate the GH axis, because GH has great diurnal variation. Total IGF1 has
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Introduction Insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) are structurally and functionally closely related peptides. IGF1, mainly synthesized in the liver after stimulation of the GH receptor, plays a central role in cell metabolism and growth
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Introduction Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor ( IGF1R ) gene, made up of 315,991 base pairs, maps on the 15q26.3 chromosome. It encodes for a protein with a tyrosine kinase domain, which binds the IGF1 and is responsible for its
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Introduction Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), also known as somatomedin C, has remarkable diversity in terms of biological effects. It is widely recognized that IGF1 is essential for the regulation of normal growth ( 1 ), development ( 2
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Introduction The acromegaly levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) that occur in healthy children in pubertal age have led to the speculation that this hormone may stimulate the function of the hypothalamus–pituitary–testicular (HPT
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actions can take place by binding of GH to its specific receptor (GHR), which is present in different regions of the CNS ( 24 , 25 ). GH binding can have a direct effect on the target cell ( 26 ) or can be mediated by the induction of IGF1 synthesis ( 27
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likely related to its ability to increase insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) action. PAPP-A activates IGF1 through proteolytic cleavage of IGF-binding proteins (IGFBP) -2, -4 and -5, which provides IGFBP fragments with low ligand affinity. By this
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, accelerated atherosclerosis, and increased cardiovascular mortality (9) . AOGHD has been associated with NAFLD (10, 11, 12) . Some of the effects of GH are mediated by circulating IGF1, which is mostly of liver origin. IGF1 circulates bound to six IGF1
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(5) , the levels of growth hormone (GH) (9) , as well as the duration of acromegaly and duration of exposure to elevated GH levels (9, 10) . However, other authors have found no differences in GH levels and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) levels