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Can IGF-1-LR3 be used to influence growth?
Short answer: No, you can’t. Because the growth zone is a strictly locally regulated environment.
This means that autocrine and paracrine mechanisms play a more significant role than systemic factors (in our case, high IGF-1)
This is precisely why growth hormone injections do not increase an adult’s final height
Furthermore, chondrocytes themselves produce IGF-1, which can undergo alternative splicing to form different isoforms, such as E, B, I and C.
Alternative splicing is important because the growth zone requires different types of IGF-1 signalling at different times and in different regions. It is through this mechanism that the system achieves such precise regulation; alternative splicing determines the stability of the transcript, its localisation and its link to chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy.
Therefore, IGF-1 cannot bind to the cellular proteins that are critical for vertical growth.
Conclusion: It is not possible to exceed one’s final height through IGF-1 or growth hormone injections without having a deficiency.
Short answer: No, you can’t. Because the growth zone is a strictly locally regulated environment.
This means that autocrine and paracrine mechanisms play a more significant role than systemic factors (in our case, high IGF-1)
This is precisely why growth hormone injections do not increase an adult’s final height
Furthermore, chondrocytes themselves produce IGF-1, which can undergo alternative splicing to form different isoforms, such as E, B, I and C.
Alternative splicing is important because the growth zone requires different types of IGF-1 signalling at different times and in different regions. It is through this mechanism that the system achieves such precise regulation; alternative splicing determines the stability of the transcript, its localisation and its link to chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy.
Therefore, IGF-1 cannot bind to the cellular proteins that are critical for vertical growth.
Conclusion: It is not possible to exceed one’s final height through IGF-1 or growth hormone injections without having a deficiency.
