The biology of cholecystokinin and gastrin peptides

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1154-1165

  Rehfeld, Jens F ^a   Friis Hansen, Lennart ^a   Goetze, Jens P ^a   Hansen, Thomas V O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CCK B receptor; Gastric acid secretion; Gastrointestinal Motility; Pancreatic enzymes; Procholecystokinin

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BILE ACID; CERULETIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ B RECEPTOR; CIONIN; GASTRIN; GASTRIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHYLLOCERULETIDE; PROGASTRIN; SECRETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOID; CELL GROWTH; DIGESTION; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENZYME RELEASE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERGASTRINEMIA; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS SECRETION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SATIETY; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GASTRINS; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTOR, CHOLECYSTOKININ B;

EID: 34447275485     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802607780960483     Document Type: Review

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