fasting does have remarkable benefits in the treatment of cancer and another diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and a multitude of other chronic diseases. it has been determined that fasting could play an important role during cancer treatment and progression via the regulation of insulin-like growth factor-1 (igf-1) as well as other growth factors. also, it has been shown that fast...

Many of the neurodegenerative diseases that afflict people in later life are associated with the formation of protein aggregates. These so-called "proteinopathies" include Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Huntington's disease (HD). The insulin/insulin-like growth factor signalling (IIS) pathway has been proposed to modulate such diseases in model organisms, as well as the general ageing process. In...

PURPOSE Müller cells are consistently identified in diabetic fibrocontractive ocular tissues and, in response to insulin-like growth factor I, generate tractional forces of the type that cause retinal detachment. Recent studies suggest that diabetes-associated increases in vitreous insulin-like growth factor activity cannot be attributed to simple increases in concentration alone, suggesting th...

Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I), a potent growth factor in vitro, is present in blood and in multiple tissues and is a major mediator of the effects of growth hormone on postnatal growth. IGF I is internalized and retained largely intact in cultured vascular endothelial cells. Neovasculature transiently expresses IGF I immunoreactivity, but it is not known whether this represents internali...

Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) is a main receptor of IGFs family which plays a critical role in the postnatal growth and skeletal growth in many species. However, there are few reports of IGF-1R gene structure and its effects on growth traits in sheep. The objectives of this study were detection of IGF-1R polymorphisms and assessment of their associations with ...

The present study investigated the effects of a functional deficit in insulin-like growth factor-I signaling via chronic intravenous administration of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) receptor antisense in the conscious spontaneously hypertensive rat cardiovascular system. Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) antisense, but not full mismatch treatment, decreased IGF-IR expression ...

Human multiple myeloma (MM) represents a highly aneuploid tumor as shown by cytogenetic studies. This may partly explain the heterogeneity with regard to growth factor requirements demonstrated among MM cells. We have previously reported the expression of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR) mRNA in some MM cell lines. In this study we investigated the role of IGF-I ...