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Preferred term

Insulin-Like Growth Factor II  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the LIVER and to circulate in the BLOOD. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on SOMATOTROPIN. It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I, which is a major growth factor in adults.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 67763-97-7
  • 9038-70-4 (somatomedin)
  • IGF-2
  • IGF-II
  • Insulin Like Growth Factor II
  • Insulin-like growth factor II
  • Insulin-Like Somatomedin Peptide II
  • Multiplication-Stimulating Activity
  • Multiplication-Stimulating Factor
  • Somatomedin A
  • Somatomedin MSA

In other languages

  • French

  • 67763-97-7
  • 9038-70-4 (somatomedin)
  • Facteur de croissance IGF-2
  • Facteur de croissance insulinoïde de type 2
  • Facteur de croissance insulinoïde de type II
  • Facteur de croissance insulinomimétique de type 2
  • Facteur de croissance insulinomimétique de type II
  • Facteur de croissance-2 analogue à l'insuline
  • Facteur de croissance-2 insuline-like
  • FCI-2
  • IGF-2
  • IGF-II
  • Insulin-like growth factor II
  • Somatomédine A

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TCTLJNJ3-N

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