The insulin-like growth factor system: IGFs, IGF-binding proteins and IGFBP-proteases |
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Authors: | Lelbach A Muzes Gy Feher J |
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Affiliation: | 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. |
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Abstract: | Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I/-II) are not only the endocrine mediators of growth hormone-induced metabolic and anabolic actions but also polypeptides that act in a paracrine and autocrine manner to regulate cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis and transformation. The IGF system is a complex network comprised of two growth factors (IGF-I and -II), cell surface receptors (IGF-IR and -IIR), six specific high affinity binding proteins (IGFBP-I to IGFBP-6), IGFBP proteases as well as several other IGFBP-interacting molecules, which regulate and propagate IGF actions in several tissues. Besides their broad-spectrum physiological and pathophysiological functions, recent evidence suggests even a link between IGFs and different malignancies. |
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