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INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 [2 records]

Record 1 2002-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
Key term(s)
  • insulin like growth factor 1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
OBS

Terme uniformisé pour les textes sur la somatotropine bovine.

CONT

Les facteurs de croissance 1 analogues à l'insuline (IGF) jouent un rôle important dans la régulation du développement musculo-squelettique fétal normal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hormones
CONT

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1, also referred to as somatomedin-C or Sm-C), is one of a class of peptides whose serum concentrations are regulated principally by human growth hormone.

Key term(s)
  • insulin like growth factor 1
  • Sm C
  • somatomedin C

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hormones
CONT

L'hormone de croissance agit indirectement en stimulant la synthèse, surtout hépatique et à moindre degré au niveau des autres organes, de somatomédines appelées aussi IGF (insuline-like growth factor), IGF-1 et IGF-2, qui sont constituées d'une chaîne polypeptidique linéaire d'environ 70 acides aminés comportant 3 ponts disulfures. L'IGF-1 a été appelé somatomédine C.

OBS

IGF-1 : acronyme de «insulin-like growth factor 1», couramment utilisé en français.

Key term(s)
  • IGF-1

Spanish

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