Insulin-like Growth Factor-II (IGF-II) and IGF-II Analogs with Enhanced Insulin Receptor-a Binding Affinity Promote Neural Stem Cell Expansion

How insulin engages its primary binding site on the insulin receptor

(2013) John G. Menting et al.   NATURE

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Is Essential for Subventricular Zone Neural Stem Cell and Progenitor Homeostasis as Revealed by a Novel Flow Cytometric Analysis

(2012) Krista D. Buono et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor II Differentially Regulate Endocytic Sorting and Stability of Insulin Receptor Isoform A

(2012) Alaide Morcavallo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Gene Expression Profiling of Neural Stem Cells and Their Neuronal Progeny Reveals IGF2 as a Regulator of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

(2012) O. Bracko et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

IGF-II Promotes Stemness of Neural Restricted Precursors

(2012) Amber N. Ziegler et al.   STEM CELLS

Eyes Wide Open: A Critical Review of Sphere-Formation as an Assay for Stem Cells

(2011) Erika Pastrana et al.   Cell Stem Cell

A hippocampal insulin-growth factor 2 pathway regulates the extinction of fear memories

(2011) Roberto Carlos Agis-Balboa et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Research Resource: New and Diverse Substrates for the Insulin Receptor Isoform A Revealed by Quantitative Proteomics After Stimulation With IGF-II or Insulin

(2011) Alaide Morcavallo et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

A critical role for IGF-II in memory consolidation and enhancement

(2011) Dillon Y. Chen et al.   NATURE

The Cerebrospinal Fluid Provides a Proliferative Niche for Neural Progenitor Cells

(2011) Maria K. Lehtinen et al.   NEURON

Traumatic brain injury and recovery mechanisms: peptide modulation of periventricular neurogenic regions by the choroid plexus–CSF nexus

(2010) Conrad Johanson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

Brain Injury Expands the Numbers of Neural Stem Cells and Progenitors in the SVZ by Enhancing Their Responsiveness to EGF

(2009) Dhivyaa Alagappan et al.   ASN Neuro

Differential Signaling Activation by Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factors I and II upon Binding to Insulin Receptor Isoform A

(2009) Antonella Sacco et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 and the Insulin Receptor, But Not Insulin, Regulate Fetal Hepatic Glycogen Synthesis

(2009) Li Liang et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Novel Approach to Identify Two Distinct Receptor Binding Surfaces of Insulin-like Growth Factor II

(2009) Clair L. Alvino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Harmonic oscillator model of the insulin and IGF1 receptors’ allosteric binding and activation

(2009) Vladislav V Kiselyov et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Id Proteins Facilitate Self-Renewal and Proliferation of Neural Stem Cells

(2009) Seunghwan Jung et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Keeping IGF-II under control: Lessons from the IGF-II–IGF2R crystal structure

(2009) James Brown et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Mechanisms and Functional Implications of Adult Neurogenesis

(2008) Chunmei Zhao et al.   CELL