Expression of ghrelin and its receptor in human tissues

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 814-821

  Ueberberg, B ^a   Unger, N ^a   Saeger, W ^b   Mann, K ^a   Petersenn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Marienhospital Stuttgart   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ghs r1a; Human; Omrna; Protein

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR 1A; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEA;

ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVARY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; TESTIS;

EID: 70649098385     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1233462     Document Type: Article

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