Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor signaling: Biased and unbiased

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 841-850

  McArdle, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional selectivity; GnRH; GPCR; Ligand bias; Signaling; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CHAPERONE; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 2; FOLLITROPIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RAC PROTEIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862904885     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955712800959080     Document Type: Review

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