In contrast, animals with total IGF-I deletion or only peripherally produced IGF-I deletion showed marked growth retardation (79)
They also activate resident cells in the lung, particularly epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages, to generate chemotactic molecules that recruit neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes into the lung
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The peptide's gastric stability further enables oral-administration designs that are not feasible with most peptide research compounds