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Class 2 IGF-1 isoforms are dispensable for viability, growth and maintenance of IGF-1 serum levels.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 2010
Temmerman L, Slonimsky E, Rosenthal N
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Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a pleiotropic factor involved in growth, cell survival and cellular differentiation. It exerts its functions through endocrine, paracrine or autocrine mechanisms. Circulating IGF-1 is essential for normal fetal and postnatal growth, although the published phenotypes of IGF-1 null animals have been only partially penetrant, presumably due to mixed genetic backgrounds....
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