Bv8/Prokineticin proteins and their receptors

Life Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1103-1116

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bv8; Cancer; Circadian rhythm; Inflammation; Intestinal motility; Neurogenesis; Pain; Prokineticin receptors; Prokineticins; Reproductive organs

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BV8; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INGESTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPEPTIDES; PAIN THRESHOLD; RABBITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR, ENDOCRINE-GLAND-DERIVED;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34548864108     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.08.011     Document Type: Review

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