The neuropeptides GnRH-II and GnRH-I are produced by human T cells and trigger laminin receptor gene expression, adhesion, chemotaxis and homing to specific organs

Nature Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1421-1426

  Chen, Alon ^a   Ganor, Yonatan ^a   Rahimipour, Shai ^a   Ben Aroya, Nurit ^a   Koch, Yitzhak ^a   Levite, Mia ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LAMININ RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING KINETICS; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036912911     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1202-801     Document Type: Article

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