The expression of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor ligand ghrelin in normal and abnormal human pituitary and other neuroendocrine tumors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 881-887

  Korbonits, Márta ^a,b   Bustin, Stephen A ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^a,b   Jordan, Suzanne ^a   Adams, Eric F ^c   Lowe, David G ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Grossman, Ashley B ^a,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRINOMA; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035097594     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.2.881     Document Type: Article

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