Vitamin D and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are involved in a complex interplay that may have implications for growth hormone dosing, researchers found. In a review of the literature, patients ...

Levels of the hormone increase with disease severity, a new study has found. Plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) could give clinicians a better understanding of whether a patient ...

Women with high levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) may be at increased risk for breast cancer, according to results of a study that used both epidemiological techniques as well as genetic ...

Figure 1: Characterization of MLC/mIgf-1 transgenic mice. Figure 4: Intracellular signalling in MLC/mIgf-1 transgenic muscle. Figure 5: MLC/mIgf-1 expression attenuates age-related genetic changes ...

November 26, 2008 — Results of a randomized trial have shown no benefit of treatment with insulinlike growth-factor type 1 (IGF-1) in slowing progression of disease, compared with placebo, among ...

Puberty is triggered by pulsatile release of GnRH from specific nerve cells in the the brain. What signals tell these nerve cells to release GnRH in this manner has not been determined, although it ...

The use of systemic IGF-1 has been shown to attenuate the postburn hypermetabolic response and improve burn wound healing. Local IGF-1 gene therapy, however, promotes re-epithelialization in the burn ...

Now UAB researchers, led by Guanlan Xu, Ph.D., and Shalev drilled down further into the mechanism underlying verapamil’s beneficial effect. In a paper published in Diabetes, they show that, in Type 1 ...

November was a dreary month for those who had high hopes for insulin-like growth factor-1 as a treatment for neurodegenerative disorders. Though IGF-1 still has potential, therapies based on the ...

Seurat Therapeutics, Inc. (Seurat) announced today the publication of preclinical studies of its lead product candidate, intranasal insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), in a rat model of migraine ...

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (or IGF-1, as it is also called) has been mentioned in the press and by popular nutrition writers like Patrick Holford. Holford links milk consumption to increased levels ...