Current Directions in Insulin-like Growth Factor Research

Structure, Expression, and Regulation of the IGF-I Gene.- Differential Regulation of IGF-I Leader Exon Transcription.- Insulin and IGF-I Analogs: Novel Approaches to Improved Insulin Pharmacokinetics.- Analysis of the Interaction of Igf-I Analogs with the IGF-I Receptor and IGF Binding Proteins.- Synthesis and Characterization of IGF-II Analogs: Applications in the Evaluation of IGF Receptor Function and IGF-Independent Actions of IGFBPS.- Towards Identification of a Binding Site on Insulinlike Growth Factor-II for IGF-Binding Proteins.- Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of the Human IGF-II Gene Expression.- Significant Species Differences in Local IGF-I and -II Gene Expression.- Transcriptional Regulation of the Insulin Receptor Gene Promoter.- The Regulation of IGF-I Receptor Gene Expression by Positive and Negative Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors.- Cell Cycle Control by the IGF-1 Receptor and Its Ligands.- The Insulin Receptor Family.- IRR: a Novel Member of the Insulin Receptor Family.- Molecular Properties of Insulin/IGF-1 Hybrid Receptors.- Immunological Studies of Type I IGF Receptors and Insulin Receptors: Haracterisation of Hybrid and Atypical Receptor Subtypes.- Insulin like Growth Factor 1 Receptor Signal Transduction to the Nucleus.- Molecular Cloning of pp120/ ECTO-ATPase, An Endogenous Substrate of the Insulin Receptor Kinase.- The Insulin-like Growth Factor-II/mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor: Structure, Function and Differential Expression.- Parental Imprinting of the Genes for IGF-II and Its Receptor.- Multihormonal Regulation of IGFBP-1 Promoter Activity.- Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1: Identification, Purification, and Regulation in Fetal and Adult Life.- Rapid Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 Transcription by Insulin In Vito and In Vivo.- IGF Binding Protein-3 and the ACID-labile Subunit: Formation of the Ternary Complex In Vitro and In Vivo.- Role of Post Translational Modifications in Modifying the Biologic Activity of Insulin like Growth Factor Binding Proteins.- Cellular Actions of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3.- Gene Expression of the IGF Binding Proteins during Post-Implantation Embryogenesis of the Mouse: Comparison with the Expression of IGF-I and -II and Their Receptors in Rodent and Human.- Hormonal Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 Expression and the Development of Transgenic Mouse Models to Study IGFBP-1 Function.- Limited Proteolysis of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3): A Physiological Mechanism in the Regulation of IGF Bioavailability.- Effects of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-I) Administrations on Serum IGF Binding Proteins (IGFBPS) in Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency.- Metabolic Effects of rhIGF-1 in Normal Human Subjects.- IGFS and Muscle Differentiation.- IGF-II in the Pathogenesis of Rhabdomyosarcoma: a Prototype of IGFS Involvement in Human Tumorigenesis.- The Physiology and Pathophysiology of IGF-I in the Kidney.- Regulation of IGFBP-4 and -5 Expression in Rat Granulosa Cells.- Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) Binding Protein-1 Is an Antigonadotropin: Evidence that Optimal Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Action in Ovarian Granulosa Cells Is Contingent upon Amplification by Endogenously-Derived IGFS.- Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in the Zucker Fatty Rat: a case for Differential Tissue Regulation.- Characterization of the IGF Regulatory System in Bone.- Regulation of IGF Activity in Bone.