IGFBP-2: The dark horse in metabolism and cancer

VC Russo, WJ Azar, SW Yau, MA Sabin… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2015 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous nature of the IGF system, expressed early in embryonic development
throughout postnatal and adult life, indicates a key role for this system in human biology …

IGFBP-2-taking the lead in growth, metabolism and cancer

SW Yau, WJ Azar, MA Sabin, GA Werther… - Journal of cell …, 2015 - Springer
The activity of the Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGFs) ligands elicited via their receptors and
transduced by various intracellular signal pathways is modulated by the IGF Binding …

IGFBP-2 partly mediates the early metabolic improvements caused by bariatric surgery

J Faramia, Z Hao, MB Mumphrey, RL Townsend… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2 is a circulating biomarker of
cardiometabolic health. Here, we report that circulating IGFBP-2 concentrations robustly …

Remission of diabetes following bariatric surgery: plasma proteomic profiles

M Insenser, N Vilarrasa, J Vendrell… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bariatric surgery restores glucose tolerance in many, but not all, severely obese subjects
with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to evaluate the plasma protein profiles associated with …

Insulin‐like growth factor binding protein‐2 and glucose‐regulated protein 78 kDa: Potential biomarkers affect prognosis in IDH‐wildtype glioblastoma patients

AJ Harland, CM Perks, P White, KM Kurian… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The overall survival of IDH‐wildtype glioblastoma patients is poor despite best
available treatments. There is an urgent need for new biomarkers to inform more precise …

Lectin‐based protein microarray analysis of differences in serum alpha‐2‐macroglobulin glycosylation between patients with colorectal cancer and persons without …

M Šunderić, A Šedivá, D Robajac… - Biotechnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation is co‐and posttranslational modifications affecting proteins. The glycopattern
changes are associated with changes in biological function and are involved in many …

Complexes between insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and alpha-2-macroglobulin in patients with tumor

M Šunderić, V Malenković, O Nedić - Experimental and molecular pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
The intention of this work was to systematically study the presence of insulin-like growth
factor-binding protein 1 and 2 (IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2) complexes with alpha-2 …

Molecular forms of the insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 in patients with colorectal cancer

M Šunderić, B Đukanović, V Malenković… - … and Molecular Pathology, 2014 - Elsevier
The components of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and molecules with which they
interact are associated with the neoplastic transformation of cells in colorectal cancer. The …

Changes due to ageing in the glycan structure of alpha-2-macroglobulin and its reactivity with ligands

M Šunderić, M Križáková, V Malenković, D Ćujić… - The protein journal, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Alpha-2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a molecule generally associated with inflammation,
and chronic inflammation is associated with ageing and cancer. The degree of inflammation …

Protein molecular forms of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 change with aging

M Šunderić, N Mihailović, O Nedić - Experimental Gerontology, 2014 - Elsevier
Aging is considered to be an adaptive mechanism to altered needs of an organism and/or to
altered stimuli. Plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 (IGFBP …