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Preferred term

Somatomedins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Insulin-like polypeptides made by the liver and some fibroblasts and released into the blood when stimulated by SOMATOTROPIN. They cause sulfate incorporation into collagen, RNA, and DNA synthesis, which are prerequisites to cell division and growth of the organism.

Entry terms

  • Insulin Like Growth Factor
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor
  • Insulin Like Growth Factors
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factors
  • Somatomedin
  • Sulfation Factor

In other languages

  • French

  • Facteurs de croissance analogues à l'insuline
  • Facteurs de croissance insuline-like
  • Facteurs de croissance insulinoïdes
  • Facteurs de croissance ressemblant à l'insuline
  • Facteurs de sulfatation
  • FCI (Facteur de Croissance Insulinoïde)
  • Somatomédine

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QX26M048-T

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