Chronic heat stress increases insulin-like growth factor-1(IGF-1) but does not affect IGF-binding proteins in growing pigs.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2018.08.008
Abstract: The insulin-like activity of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is heavily blunted by IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs, including IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3). The effects of heat stress (HS) on the IGF-1 and IGFBPs in growing pigs are… read more here.
Keywords: growing pigs; insulin like; igf; igfbps ... See more keywords