IGF and Nutrition in Health and Disease

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.