Thus, during short-term fasting, changes in free and bioactive IGF-I rather than total IGF-I appear to be at least in part responsible for the increased GH secretion (111, 112), intermittent fasting (113), nor long-term calorie restriction (114) exerts any consistent inhibitory impact on serum IGF-I levels
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It does this partly by upregulating the genes responsible for extracellular matrix proteins and partly by increasing the production of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) the ground substance that supports the collagen network [1]