Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins of teleost fishes
Abstract
The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein (IGFBP) family has a broad range of physiological functions and a fascinating evolutionary history. This review focuses on the IGFBPs of teleost fishes, where genome duplication events have diversified gene repertoire, function and physiological regulation - with six core IGFBPs expanded into a family of over twenty genes in some lineages. In addition to briefly summarizing the current state of knowledge on teleost IGFBP evolution, function and expression-level regulation, we highlight gaps in our understanding, and promising areas for future work.
Citation
Garcia de la Serrana , D & Macqueen , D J 2018 , ' Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins of teleost fishes ' Frontiers in Endocrinology , vol 9 , 80 . DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00080
Publication
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1664-2392Type
Journal item
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© 2018 Garcia de la Serrana and Macqueen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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DGS would like to thank the Marine Alliance Science Technology Scotland (MASTS) for their support. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions.Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.