.... There was a positive correlation (p < 0.02) between insulin level and thymidine factor in cord sera. Our data suggest that somatomedin measured as thymidine factor might not have a major role in fetal growth and insulin might be an important factor in the synthesis of somatomedin by the fetus. 17 9 2009...

...Luciano Tatò; Alberto Dal Moro; Guiseppe Piemonte; Vittorio Vigi; Paolo Pizzo; Silvio Volpato; Dino Gaburro Plasma somatomedin (SM) activity was measured longitudinally in the first days of life by Van den Brande bioassay in 10 term, 8 premature and 5 small-for-date newborns. Other term, premature...

...M. Fekete; D.J. Hill; R.D.G. Milner Plasma somatomedin activity, cartilage metabolism and the levels of insulin and growth hormone were studied during relative neonatal malnutrition in the rat, produced by the small and large litter method. In growth-retarded rats reduced somatomedin activity...