A benchmark review on how specific nutrients or adverse nutritional states impact the components of the IGF (Insulin-like Growth Factor) system and affect human health and disease. The authors describe the fundamentals of the IGF system, explain its basic mechanisms of action, illuminate its essential role in physical development across the life span, and highlight the link between normal and abnormal cellular growth resulting in tumor formation. They also fully examine the clinical aspects of nutrition and IGF, from pre- and postnatal development through old age, in the maintenance of normal metabolism, bone, and muscle health, and their role in pathological states. Special attention is given to critical illness, diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, kidney failure, endocrine dysfunctions, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, and cancer, as well as to their potential for IGF therapy.

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Inhalt
I Overview.- 1 Overview and Molecular Aspects of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System.- II IGF and Nutritional Status.- 2 Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I by Nutrition.- 3 Nutrition and IGF Proteins in Chronic Malnutrition and Critical Illness.- 4 The Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Assessment of Nutritional Status.- III Growth and Development.- 5 Regulation of Growth and the Insulin Growth Factor System by Zinc.- 6 The Role of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Pre- and Postnatal Growth, Development, and Tumorigenesis.- 7 The Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis in the Fetus and Neonate.- 8 Nutrition and the IGF System in Reproduction.- 9 The Insulin Growth Factor System and Nutrition in Adulthood and Aging.- IV IGF and Organ Systems.- 10 Nutrition and Insulin Growth Factor-I in Relation to Bone Health and Disease.- 11 Effect of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Proteins on Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism During Normal and Catabolic Conditions.- 12 Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Nervous System Disorders.- 13 The Kidney and the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Health and Disease.- V IGF in Disease States.- 14 The IGF and IGFBP System in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Mellitus.- 15 Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Relation to Gastrointestinal Diseases and Parenteral Nutrition.- 16 Impact of Critical Illness on the Growth Hormone/Insulin Growth Factor System in Relation to Other Endocrine Responses.- 17 Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and the Development of Heart Failure: Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Angiotensin-II.- 18 Roles of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System and Nutrition in Cancer.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.