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Insulin-like growth factors in embryonic and fetal growth and skeletal development (Review).
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.
- Body Composition of Infants Born with Intrauterine Growth Restriction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Maternal Endocrine and Vascular Perturbations Reprogram the Transcriptomic and Secretory Profile of Perinatal Stem Cells: A Comparative Study of Umbilical Cord-Derived Stem Cell UC-MSCs and Human Milk-Derived Stem Cell MM-MSCs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Growth Without GH: A Case Series and Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Placental Igf1 overexpression sex-specifically impacts mouse placenta structure, altering offspring striatal development and behavior.Experimental neurology · 2025Article
- Umbilical cord serum insulin-like growth factor-1 is associated with growth of fetal fractional limb volume: A prospective study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- A head start: The relationship of placental factors to craniofacial and brain development.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025Review
- IGF-1 promotes trophectoderm cell proliferation of porcine embryos by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Article
- Functional genomics of human skeletal development and the patterning of height heritability.Cell · 2025Article
- IGF-1 LR3 does not promote growth in late-gestation growth-restricted fetal sheep.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Insulin-Like Growth Factors, Binding Proteins and Their Role in Pregnancy in Patients With Diabetes.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Review
- Putative epithelial-mesenchymal transitions during salamander limb regeneration: Current perspectives and future investigations.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Review
- Klotho in pregnancy and intrauterine development-potential clinical implications: a review from the European Renal Association CKD-MBD Working Group.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2024Review
- Metabolomic profiling of embryo culture media in patients with repeated implantation failure during assisted reproductive technology cycles.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2024Article
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- Research progress on intranasal treatment for Parkinson's disease.Neuroprotection (Chichester, England) · 2024Review
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- Biological Basis of Breast Cancer-Related Disparities in Precision Oncology Era.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
The insulin-like growth factors (IGF)-I and -II have a predominant role in fetal growth and development. IGFs are involved in the proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of fetal cells in vitro and the IGF serum concentration has been shown to be closely correlated with fetal growth and length. IGF transcripts and peptides have been detected in almost every fetal tissue from as early in development as pre‑implantation to the final maturation stage. Furthermore, IGFs have been demonstrated to be involved in limb morphogenesis. However, although ablation of Igf genes in mice resulted in growth retardation and delay in skeletal maturation, no impact on outgrowth and patterning of embryonic limbs was observed. Additionally, various molecular defects in the Igf1 and Igf1r genes in humans have been associated with severe intrauterine growth retardation and impaired skeletal maturation, but not with truncated limbs or severe skeletal dysplasia. The conflicting data between in vitro and in vivo observations with regard to bone morphogenesis suggests that IGFs may not be the sole trophic factors involved in fetal skeletal growth and that redundant mechanisms may exist in chondro- and osteogenesis. Further investigation is required in order to elucidate the functions of IGFs in skeletal development.
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