Insulin-like growth factors are polypeptides which are similar to insulin. They are part of a cell communication system which allows cells to “talk to” their physiologic enironment.
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Insulin-like Growth Factors: IGF-I and IGF-II
Provides data abut IGFs, Receptors, and binding proteins as well as outlining their purposes in the body, biological activity, and secretions. - Insulin-like Growth Factors: IGF-I and IGF-II
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/otherendo/igfs.html
Serum and Biliary Insulin-like Growth Factor I
This article is about a study involving serum and biliary IGF-I and vascular endothelial growth factor in determining the cause of obstructive cholestasis and includes the abstract as well as the full et and related articles. - Serum and Biliary Insulin-like Growth Factor I
http://annals.highwire.org/content/147/7/451.abstract
Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I
The full title of this review is "Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I and Subsequent Risk of Colorectal Cancer among Japanese-American Men" and addresses the suggestion that colorectal cancer is positively related to insulin-like growth factor I and inversely related to insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3. It follows a case-control study of 9,345 Japanese-American men examined in the early 1970s in Hawaii. - Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/158/5/424.full.pdf