Human pheochromocytomas, but not adrenal medulla, express glucagon-receptor gene and possess an in vitro secretory response to glucagon

Peptides

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 597-600

  Albertin, Giovanna ^a   Aragona, Francesco ^a   Gottardo, Lucia ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Glucagon; Glucagon receptors; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035044002     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(01)00369-2     Document Type: Article

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