Physiological basis for use of insulin-like growth factors in reproductive applications: a review
| Autor: | Sandra L. Gray, Donald M. Henricks, Brett R. Lackey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Equine Cell growth Reproduction medicine.medical_treatment Cellular differentiation Insulin media_common.quotation_subject Biology Reproductive physiology Insulin-like growth factor Endocrinology Food Animals Somatomedins Internal medicine medicine Animals Female Animal Science and Zoology Small Animals Function (biology) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Theriogenology. 53:1147-1156 |
| ISSN: | 0093-691X |
| Popis: | The insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and -II) are ubiquitously expressed factors that regulate cell growth, differentiation and maintenance of differentiated cell function. All aspects of male and female reproduction are influenced by the IGF system. This review will examine the IGF system as it pertains to reproductive physiology and applications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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