Expression of ghrelin and of the GH secretagogue receptor by pancreatic islet cells and related endocrine tumors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1300-1308

  Volante, Marco ^a   Allìa, Elena ^a   Gugliotta, Patrizia ^a   Funaro, Ada ^b   Broglio, Fabio ^b   Deghenghi, Romano ^c   Muccioli, Giampiero ^b   Ghigo, Ezio ^b   Papotti, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ardana   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036959760     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.3.8279     Document Type: Article

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