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IGF and nutrition in health and disease /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Houston, M. Sue, Holly, Jeffrey M. P., Feldman, Eva L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005]
Series:Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
Subjects:
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I > physiology.
Insulin-Like Growth Factor II > physiology.
Disease.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview and molecular aspects of the insulin-like growth factor system / Martin L. Adamo ... [et al.] IGF and nutritional status
  • Regulation of IGF-I by nutrition / Jean-Paul Thissen ... [et al.]
  • Nutrition and IGF proteins in chronic malnutrition and critical illness / Pei-Ra Ling and Bruce R. Bistrian
  • The insulin-like growth factors and assessment of nutritional status / M. Sue Houston
  • Growth and development
  • Regulation of growth and the insulin growth factor system by zinc / Ruth S. MacDonald
  • The role of the insulin-like growth factor system in pre- and postnatal growth, development, and tumorigenesis / Charles T. Roberts, Jr.
  • The insulin-like growth factor axis in the fetus and neonate / Cynthia L. Blanco and Robert J. Ferry, Jr.
  • Nutrition and the IGF system in reproduction / Frank A. Simmen ... [et al.]
  • The insulin growth factor system and nutrition in adulthood and aging / Moira S. Lewitt and Kerstin Hall
  • IGF and organ systems
  • Nutrition and insulin growth factor-I in relation to bone health and disease / Jean-Philippe Bonjour ... [et al.]
  • Effect of insulin-like growth factor proteins on skeletal muscle protein metabolism during normal and catabolic conditions / Charles H. Lang and Robert A. Frost
  • Insulin-like growth factors and nervous system disorders / Gary Meyer, Aparna Bole, and Eva L. Feldman
  • The kidney and the insulin-like growth factor system in health and disease / Ralph Rabkin, Steve S. Guest, and Franz Schaefer
  • IGF in disease states
  • The IGF and IGFBP system in insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus / Kerstin Brismar and Moira S. Lewitt
  • Insulin-like growth factors in relation to gastrointestinal diseases and parenteral nutrition / Denise M. Ney
  • Impact of critical illness on the growth hormone/insulin growth factor system in relation to other endocrine responses / Greet Van den Berghe
  • Mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy and the development of heart failure : role of insulin-like growth factor-I and angiotensin-II / Patrice Delafontaine, Marijke Brink, and Yao-Hua Song
  • Roles of the insulin-like growth factor system and nutrition in cancer / Claire M. Perks and Jeffrey M.P. Holly
  • Appendix A : Reviews and background : the insulin-like growth factors
  • Appendix B : Related professional organizations and journals.