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Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2) is one of three protein hormones that share structural similarity to insulin. The MeSH definition reads: A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the liver and to circulate in the blood. It has growth-regulating insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major but not absolute dependence on somatotropin.

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