Heart

Importance of Growth Hormone, IGF-1,  in Cardiovascular Function and Cardiovascular Disease  Growth Hormone (GH) is made in the anterior pituitary in the brain.  It goes to the liver to stimulate Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) production. Hence, IGF-1 mediates many of GH’s actions. IGF-1 receptors are found in almost every cell in our body. IGF-1 is…