The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 across different species:

insulin-like growth factor 1 (igf1), insulin-like growth factor 1 (somatomedin C) (IGF1), insulin-like growth factor 1 (Igf1)

Other aliases include:

IGF-1, IGF-I, IGF-1L, IGF-1a, MGC136745, IGF1, Igf1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1:

insulin-like growth factor 1 – prepro-IGF-I – insulin growth factor-1 – insulin like growth factor 1 – insulin-like growth factor-1 – insulin-like growth factor I (somatomedin C) – class 1 insulin-like growth factor I preproprotein

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 fulfills a number of functions:

hormone activity – insulin-like growth factor receptor binding – growth factor activity – protein binding

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 is relevant to the following processes:

dorsal/ventral pattern formation – positive regulation of cell proliferation – anti-apoptosis – branching morphogenesis of a tube – cell development – chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan biosynthetic process – glial cell differentiation – mammary gland development – multicellular organism growth – nervous system development – organ morphogenesis – osteoblast differentiation – positive regulation of granule cell precursor proliferation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – regulation of protein metabolic process – water homeostasis

Locations for Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology