Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Introduction

  • Growth hormone-IGF-I axis

  • Expression of IGF-I splice variants in muscle

  • Mechano growth factor

  • Systemic IGF-I is produced by active muscle

  • The structure of IGF-I

  • Receptors mediate the cellular effects of IGF-I

  • IGF-I binding proteins

  • Biological action of the IGF-I splice variants

  • Genetic manipulation of IGF-I in muscle

  • Gene transfer of the different IGF-I splice variants

  • IGF-I signaling pathways in muscle hypertrophy

  • IGF-I and sarcopenia

  • Mechano growth factor, satellite cells and muscle damage

  • Summary

  • Acknowledgments

  • References

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.