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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

"Insulin-Like Growth Factor I" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A well-characterized basic peptide believed to be secreted by the liver and to circulate in the blood. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like, and mitogenic activities. This growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on GROWTH HORMONE. It is believed to be mainly active in adults in contrast to INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II, which is a major fetal growth factor.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Insulin-Like Growth Factor I" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Insulin-Like Growth Factor I" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 1071 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 57 publications in 2002 and 2005 and 2008
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