title: Hormonal and nutritional regulation of IGF-I and its binding proteins.
abstract: The influence of nutrition on growth seems likely to be mediated in part through IGF-I. Restriction of dietary nutrients adversely effects IGF-I synthesis and action at multiple steps, including decreased GH receptors, postreceptor defects in GH action, decreased steady state levels of IGF-I mRNA, and attenuation of IGF-I action. In addition, undernutrition affects the IGF binding proteins in ways that vary from one tissue to another. Understanding the alterations in IGFBPs that are caused by nutritional insufficiency may provide insight into the actions of the IGFBPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7220.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thissen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemozy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ketelslegers
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Clemmons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I