Differential regulation of gene expression of neurotensin and prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2 in the bovine ocular ciliary epithelium: Possible implications on neurotensin processing

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-53

  Ortego, Javier ^a   Wollmann, Guido ^a   Coca Prados, Miguel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotensin neuromedin N precursor; Ocular ciliary epithelium; Pigmented and non pigmented ciliary epithelial cell lines; Prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FORSKOLIN; FURIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTENSIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CILIARY BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEUROTENSIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0037110934     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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