IGF and Nutrition in Health and Disease Book

1	Overview and molecular aspects of the insulin-like growth factor system	3
2	Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I by nutrition	25
3	Nutrition and IGF proteins in chronic malnutrition and critical illness	53
4	The insulin-like growth factors and assessment of nutritional status	75
5	Regulation of growth and the insulin growth factor system by zinc	107
6	The role of the insulin-like growth factor system in pre- and postnatal growth, development, and tumorigenesis	121
7	The insulin-like growth factor axis in the fetus and neonate	133
8	Nutrition and the IGF system in reproduction	145
9	The insulin growth factor system and nutrition in adulthood and aging	157
10	Nutrition and insulin growth factor-I in relation to bone health and disease	177
11	Effect of insulin-like growth factor proteins on skeletal muscle protein metabolism during normal and catabolic conditions	193
12	Insulin-like growth factors and nervous system disorders	211
13	The kidney and the insulin-like growth factor system in health and disease	227
14	The IGF and IGFBP system in insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus	251
15	Insulin-like growth factors in relation to gastrointestinal diseases and parenteral nutrition	271
16	Impact of critical illness on the growth hormone/insulin growth factor system in relation to other endocrine responses	291
17	Mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy and the development of heart failure : role of insulin-like growth factor-I and angiotensin-II	311
18	Roles of the insulin-like growth factor system and nutrition in cancer	331