Mechano growth factor (MGF) is an alternatively spliced variant of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). Previous reports have revealed that the MGF in skeletal muscles is induced by mechanical overload or muscle injury. In the present study, we examined the effect of growth hormone (GH) on MGF expression in C2C12 mouse muscle cell lines since GH is the principal regulator of IGF-I. The MGF mRN...

The International Ergonomics Association plays a leadership role in shaping the future of ergonomics. Having formed nearly 50 years ago for researchers to meet and exchange their findings, it still provides a wide range of opportunities for promoting research and teaching. In 2006, the IEA is also an outward looking organisation with linkages to governments, international agencies and other pro...

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723 well prepared to fight new communicable diseases. Biologists will be key collaborators in this battle but they need to be guided by good epidemiological data. Methodology is the glue that binds epidemiologists together whether we work in public health epidemiology, clinical epidemiology or genetic epidemiology. There is no contradiction between taking an interest in global public health and...

distribution of label in the IEA patterns of the SON fractions was not affected by the addition of serum carrier, it seems unlikely that nonspecific binding of radioactive material to serum proteins occurs to any appreciable extent. There is the possibility that highly radioactive material in the SON fraction migrating with the same electrophoretic mobility is trapped and concentrated in the im...