[125I-His9]-Ghrelin, a novel radioligand for localizing GHS orphan receptors in human and rat tissue; up-regulation of receptors with atherosclerosis

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-149

  Katugampola, Sidath D ^a   Pallikaros, Zakos ^b   Davenport, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Ghrelin; Ghrelin receptor; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor; Human coronary artery; Human heart; Kidney; Lung; Orphan receptor; Saphenous vein grafts

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; LIGAND; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING COMPETITION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; RADIOASSAY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034741715     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704228     Document Type: Article

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