It is a biologic product used to treat children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years-old who suffer from severe primary insulin-like growth factor 1 deficiency 1 The acquisition of the treatment for ...

Viral Mediated Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor I Blocks the Aging-Related Loss of Skeletal Muscle Function. Elisabeth R. Barton-Davis et al. in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

For metabolism, HGH boosts a hormone called insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), which works like ... and may also enhance women's sexual function, but it is not FDA-approved for this use.

The patient's thyroid function was normal ... that matched the patient's Tanner stage (Table 1). Responses of the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) System and Carbohydrate Metabolism to Treatment ...

Of particular recent interest is the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I ... In addition, it appears to function in a GH independent autocrine/paracrine mode in this tissue. 1 As ...