Modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis by selective ligands of the KISS1R

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-439

  Thompson, Emily L ^a   Murphy, Kevin G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analog; Desensitization; GnRH; Gonadotropin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; GPR54; KISS1R; Kisspeptin receptor

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN AGONIST; KISSPEPTIN 10; KISSPEPTIN 13; KISSPEPTIN 14; KISSPEPTIN 52; METASTIN; PEPTIDE 234; SEX HORMONE ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DELAYED PUBERTY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GONADS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGANDS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 77950133358     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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