The GH/IGF-1 axis in ageing and longevity

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 366-376

  Junnila, Riia K ^a   List, Edward O ^a   Berryman, Darlene E ^a   Murrey, John W ^b   Kopchick, John J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b O'Bleness Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; KLOTHO PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METALLOTHIONEIN I; PEGVISOMANT; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN P66; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ACROMEGALY; AGING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DWARFISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RESISTANCE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LARON SYNDROME; LIFESPAN; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE STRAIN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STRESS; TUMOR RESISTANCE;

AGING; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84879117381     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.67     Document Type: Review

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