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Insulin-like growth factor 1 (somatomedin C)

The IGF1 gene encodes a cytikin that mediates the effect of growth hormone in several tissues. Mutations cause autosomal recessive igf1 deficiency.

Genetests:

Clinic Method Carrier testing
Turnaround 5 days
Specimen type genomic DNA
Clinic Method Massive parallel sequencing
Turnaround 25 days
Specimen type genomic DNA
Clinic Method Genomic sequencing of the entire coding region
Turnaround 25 days
Specimen type genomic DNA
Clinic Method Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification
Turnaround 20 days
Specimen type genomic DNA

Related Diseases:

Insulin-like growth factor 1 deficiency
IGF1

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Morton CC et al. (1986) Human genes for insulin-like growth factors I and II and epidermal growth factor are located on 12q22--q24.1, 11p15, and 4q25--q27, respectively.

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Mathews LS et al. (1986) Regulation of insulin-like growth factor I gene expression by growth hormone.

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None (1986) Two insulin-like growth factor I messenger RNAs are expressed in human liver.

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Höppener JW et al. (1985) The human gene encoding insulin-like growth factor I is located on chromosome 12.

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Van Wyk JJ et al. (1980) Evidence from radioligand assays that somatomedin-C and insulin-like growth factor-I are similar to each other and different from other somatomedins.

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None (1998) Insulin-like growth factor-I and new opportunities for cancer prevention.

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Bianda T et al. (1998) Effects of short-term insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) or growth hormone (GH) treatment on bone metabolism and on production of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol in GH-deficient adults.

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Zhu J et al. (1997) Analysis of a peptide hormone-receptor interaction in the yeast two-hybrid system.

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Lembo G et al. (1996) Elevated blood pressure and enhanced myocardial contractility in mice with severe IGF-1 deficiency.

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Woods KA et al. (1996) Intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal growth failure associated with deletion of the insulin-like growth factor I gene.

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Ullrich A et al. (1984) Isolation of the human insulin-like growth factor I gene using a single synthetic DNA probe.

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Yakar S et al. (1999) Normal growth and development in the absence of hepatic insulin-like growth factor I.

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Musarò A et al. (2001) Localized Igf-1 transgene expression sustains hypertrophy and regeneration in senescent skeletal muscle.

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Le Roith D et al. (2001) What is the role of circulating IGF-I?

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Yanovski JA et al. (2000) Insulin-like growth factors and bone mineral density in African American and White girls.

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Harman SM et al. (2000) Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), IGF-II, IGF-binding protein-3, and prostate-specific antigen as predictors of clinical prostate cancer.

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Playford MP et al. (2000) Insulin-like growth factor 1 regulates the location, stability, and transcriptional activity of beta-catenin.

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Musarò A et al. (1999) IGF-1 induces skeletal myocyte hypertrophy through calcineurin in association with GATA-2 and NF-ATc1.

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Semsarian C et al. (1999) Skeletal muscle hypertrophy is mediated by a Ca2+-dependent calcineurin signalling pathway.

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Ueki K et al. (2006) Total insulin and IGF-I resistance in pancreatic beta cells causes overt diabetes.

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None (2007) Insulin-like growth factor-1 potentiates platelet activation via the IRS/PI3Kalpha pathway.

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Sutter NB et al. (2007) A single IGF1 allele is a major determinant of small size in dogs.

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Carro E et al. (2002) Serum insulin-like growth factor I regulates brain amyloid-beta levels.

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Simó R et al. (2002) Free insulin growth factor-I and vascular endothelial growth factor in the vitreous fluid of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

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Humbert S et al. (2002) The IGF-1/Akt pathway is neuroprotective in Huntington's disease and involves Huntingtin phosphorylation by Akt.

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Vaessen N et al. (2002) Association between genetic variation in the gene for insulin-like growth factor-I and low birthweight.

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Barton ER et al. (2002) Muscle-specific expression of insulin-like growth factor I counters muscle decline in mdx mice.

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Hellstrom A et al. (2001) Low IGF-I suppresses VEGF-survival signaling in retinal endothelial cells: direct correlation with clinical retinopathy of prematurity.

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NCBI article

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OMIM.ORG article

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Orphanet article

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Wikipedia article

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