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The hormonal action of IGF1 in postnatal mouse growth.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Dec 2008
Stratikopoulos Elias, Szabolcs Matthias, Dragatsis Ioannis, Klinakis Apostolos, Efstratiadis Argiris
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), which is a member of a major growth-promoting signaling system, is produced by many tissues and functions throughout embryonic and postnatal development in an autocrine/paracrine fashion. In addition to this local action, IGF1 secreted by the liver and circulating in the plasma presumably acts systemically as a classical hormone. However, an endocrine role of...
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