Review article: Intestinal serotonin signalling in irritable bowel syndrome

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1067-1076

  Mawe, G M ^a,b   Coates, M D ^a   Moses, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; CITALOPRAM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FLUOXETINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PAROXETINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1D RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1E RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 4 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 5 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 6 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; COLITIS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIGENETICS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ILEITIS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRRITABLE COLON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646870356     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02858.x     Document Type: Review

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