Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Insulin-Like Growth Factor II" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the LIVER and to circulate in the BLOOD. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on SOMATOTROPIN. It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I, which is a major growth factor in adults.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D007335
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D12.644.276.937.420 D12.776.124.862.425 D12.776.467.937.420 D23.529.937.420 
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							Insulin-Like Growth Factor II- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
 - IGF-II
 - Insulin Like Growth Factor II
 - Insulin-Like Somatomedin Peptide II
 - Insulin Like Somatomedin Peptide II
 - Multiplication-Stimulating Factor
 - Factor, Multiplication-Stimulating
 - Multiplication Stimulating Factor
 - Somatomedin A
 - Somatomedin MSA
 - IGF-2
 - Multiplication-Stimulating Activity
 - Multiplication Stimulating Activity
 
  
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Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses. Gastroenterology. 2020 04; 158(5):1300-1312.e20.
															
								 
							
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Insulin-like growth factors, their binding proteins, and prostate cancer risk: analysis of individual patient data from 12 prospective studies. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Oct 07; 149(7):461-71, W83-8.