Minireview: Regulation of prohormone convertases in hypothalamic neurons: Implications for prothyrotropin-releasing hormone and proopiomelanocortin

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4191-4200

  Nillni, Eduardo A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; LEPTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTIRELIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; STARVATION; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; NEURONS; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 34548105420     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0173     Document Type: Short Survey

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