IGFs:Local Repair and Survival Factors Throughout Life Span

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clemmons, David (Editor), Robinson, Iain C.A.F (Editor), Christen, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical genetics.; Human physiology.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Human Physiology.; Gene Function.

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), their binding proteins and their receptors play important roles in regulating growth, metabolism, proliferation and survival for many cells and tissues throughout lifespan in humans and other species. Circulating IGF1 is known to be an endocrine regulator, with me...