Free Insulin-Like Growth Factor I: Are We Hunting a Ghost?

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Abstract

During the last decade, there has been an increasing number of publications reporting concentrations of free dissociable insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in serum or plasma. The goal for attempting to measure free IGF-I in a serum sample in vitro has been to obtain information about the bioactivity of IGF-I in target tissues, and thus relate a measurable parameter to biological responses such as longitudinal growth or glucose disappearance rate. In this review, the serum free IGF-I approach is placed into a physiological perspective. In addition, methodological aspects are discussed and suggestions for the validation of free IGF-I assays are presented.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): HRE

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Horm Res Paediatr

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1663-2818

Title: Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-7325-2

ISBN: 978-3-318-00789-3

ISSN (Print): 1663-2818

ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2826

Publication date Subscription-year: 2001

Publication date (Print): 2001

Publication date (Electronic): 17 November 2004

Volume: 55

Issue: Suppl 2

Pages: 84-93

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Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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Publisher ID: 63482 Other ID: Horm Res 2001;55(suppl 2):84–93

DOI: 10.1159/000063482

PubMed ID: 11684884

SO-VID: 43965203-c9fe-48bf-90b3-0e38b8b900be

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