insulin-like growth factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowthandfactor
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growth
noun
uk/ɡrəʊθ/us/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈfæk.tər/us/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofgrowthandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Interactions between the oestrogen andinsulin-likegrowthfactor signalling pathways in the control of breast epithelial cell proliferation.
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Evaluation of a rapid strip test forinsulin-likegrowthfactor binding protein-1 in the diagnosis of ruptured fetal membranes.
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Insulin-likegrowthfactor binding proteins in maternal serum throughout gestation and in the puerperium: effects of a pregnancy-associated serum protease activity.
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These fetal sheep also had a higher concentration ofinsulin-likegrowthfactor-2 and showed an enhanced growth of most organs.
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Theinsulin-likegrowthfactor-1 elevates urokinase-type plasminogen activator-1 in human breast cancer cells: a new avenue for breast cancer therapy.
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A peptide hormone of theinsulin-likegrowthfactor family, it is secreted by the corpus luteum and placenta from early pregnancy.
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The relationship betweeninsulin-likegrowthfactor-1, growth hormone, thyroid hormones and insulin in chickens selected for growth.
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Major secretory protein of human decidualized endometrium in pregnancy is aninsulin-likegrowthfactor binding protein.
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Insulin-likegrowth-factor binding-protein expression in the hypothyroid rat is age-dependent.
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Thisinsulin-likegrowthfactor plays an important role in embryonic growth.
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Cellular actions of theinsulin-likegrowthfactor binding proteins.
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Insulin-likegrowthfactor can stimulate oestradiol in ewes.
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Insulin-likegrowthfactor 1 regulates the location, stability, and transcriptional activity of beta-catenin.
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Induction ofinsulin-likegrowthfactor binding protein-1 expression in baboon endometrial stromal cells by cells of throphoblast origin.
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Tissue-specific expression ofinsulin-likegrowthfactor binding protein-3 protease activity during rat pregnancy.
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Expression of theinsulin-likegrowthfactor-1 gene and its receptor in preimplantation mouse embryos: is it a marker of embryo viability?
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To compare the two treatment arms with respect to effects of treatment oninsulin-likegrowthfactor physiology, and to study relationships between insulin-like growth factor physiology and outcome.
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Systemic but not intraovarian concentrations ofinsulin-likegrowthfactor-1 are affected by short-term fasting.
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Altered growth of mice divergently selected for body weight is associated with complex changes in the growth hormone\\insulin-likegrowthfactor system.
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