Expression of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and splice variant of GHRH receptors in normal mouse tissues

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 105-108

  Christodoulou, C ^a   Schally, A V ^b   Chatzistamou, I ^c   Kondi Pafiti, A ^c   Lamnissou, K ^d   Kouloheri, S ^a   Kalofoutis, A ^a   Kiaris, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autocrine; Extrapituitary; GHRH; Paracrine; Receptor; SV1

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SV1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE-REGULATING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33747365550     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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