Placental phenotype and the insulin‐like growth factors: resource allocation to fetal growth

AN Sferruzzi‐Perri, I Sandovici… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The placenta is the main determinant of fetal growth and development in utero. It supplies all
the nutrients and oxygen required for fetal growth and secretes hormones that facilitate …

IGF2: a role in metastasis and tumor evasion from immune surveillance?

A Belfiore, RV Rapicavoli, R Le Moli, R Lappano… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is upregulated in both childhood and adult malignancies.
Its overexpression is associated with resistance to chemotherapy and worse prognosis …

Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2)-fused lysosomal targeting chimeras for degradation of extracellular and membrane proteins

B Zhang, RK Brahma, L Zhu, J Feng, S Hu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted degradation of the cell-surface and extracellular proteins via the endogenous
lysosomal degradation pathways, such as lysosome-targeting chimeras (LYTACs), has …

IGF2 signaling and regulation in cancer

J Brouwer-Visser, GS Huang - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Upregulation of IGF2 occurs in both childhood and adult malignancies. Its overexpresssion
is associated with resistance to chemotherapy and worse prognosis. IGF2 promoter usage is …

Autophagy-associated circular RNA hsa_circ_0007813 modulates human bladder cancer progression via hsa-miR-361-3p/IGF2R regulation

Z Zhang, Z Mou, C Xu, S Wu, X Dai, X Chen, Y Ou… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) drive several cellular processes including proliferation, survival,
and differentiation. Here, we identified a circRNA hsa_circ_0007813, whose expression was …

The growth hormone–insulin-like growth factor axis in pregnancy

H Kaur, BS Muhlhausler, CT Roberts… - Journal of …, 2021 - joe.bioscientifica.com
The growth hormone (GH)–insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis is one of the main drivers of
mammalian growth and development. Pituitary secretion of GH is pulsatile and under …

[HTML][HTML] The imprinted Igf2-Igf2r axis is critical for matching placental microvasculature expansion to fetal growth

I Sandovici, A Georgopoulou, V Pérez-García… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
In all eutherian mammals, growth of the fetus is dependent upon a functional placenta, but
whether and how the latter adapts to putative fetal signals is currently unknown. Here, we …

Understanding IGF-II action through insights into receptor binding and activation

AJ Blyth, NS Kirk, BE Forbes - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system regulates metabolic and mitogenic signaling
through an intricate network of related receptors and hormones. IGF-II is one of several …

The role of insulin receptor isoforms in diabetes and its metabolic and vascular complications

O Escribano, N Beneit, C Rubio-Longás… - Journal of diabetes …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The insulin receptor (IR) presents by alternative splicing two isoforms: IRA and IRB. The
differential physiological and pathological role of both isoforms is not completely known, and …

Upregulation of IGF2R evades lysosomal dysfunction-induced apoptosis of cervical cancer cells via transport of cathepsins

T Takeda, M Komatsu, F Chiwaki, R Komatsuzaki… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the world; however, the
survival rates of advanced-stage and recurrent cervical cancer patients remain poor. The …