title: [Advance on insulin-like growth factor 2].
abstract: Insulin-like growth factors play an important role in fetal growth and development, tumour cell proliferation and muscle growth. This review is focused on the insulin-like growth factor 2 gene structures, and their imprintings in mammalian genomes. In addition, we also discussed that IGF2 is the major paternally expressed candidate gene affecting muscle mass.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Huanzhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430 070, China. jiangsiwen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Si-Wen
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhu
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D006801:Humans; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000235:genetics*; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci
chemical_list: D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II