Insulin-like growth factor-1 increases e
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Ching Fai Kwok; Chi-Chang Juan; Kuang-Chung Shih; Chii-Min Hwu; Tjin-Shing Jap;
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Insulin is known to cause an increase in endothelinβ1 (ETβ1) receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), but the effect of insulinβlike growth factor 1 (IGFβ1) on ETβ1 receptor expression is not known. We therefore carried out the present study to determine the effect of IGFβ1 on