Modulators of Pain: Bv8 and prokineticins

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Negri, Lucia ^a   Lattanzi, Roberta ^a   Giannini, Elisa ^a   Melchiorri, Pietro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bv8; Inflammatory pain; Nociception; Prokineticin receptors; Prokineticins

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 2 [1 (3 AMIDINOTHIOPROPYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; 5 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 1 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 3 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 1H PYRAZOLE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; CAPSAICIN; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR 2; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GF 1109203X; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; PROKINETICIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN BV8; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE R; RO 378220; SC 51322; STAUROSPORINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONOCYTE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; THERMAL STIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 33747205491     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015906778019518     Document Type: Review

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