title: The IGF system and breast cancer.
abstract: The IGF system components have been implicated in breast cancer progression. IGF-I and IGF-II are mitogenic and anti-apoptotic peptides that influence the proliferation of various cell types including normal and transformed breast epithelial cells. The IGF system is a key growth regulatory pathway in breast cancer. As various components of the IGF system have been directly or indirectly implicated in breast cancer, it is essential to gain a better understanding of these in order to develop more specific therapeutic strategies for treating breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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authors.lastname: Sachdev
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authors.lastname: Yee
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II