The regulated secretory pathway and human disease: Insights from gene variants and single nucleotide polymorphisms

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Wei Jye ^a   Salton, Stephen R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Chromogranin; Dense core granule (DCG); Insulin; Neurotrophin; Prohormone convertase; Proopiomelanocortin (POMC); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; CHROMOGRANIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANIN B; GRANIN; INSULIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 3; SECRETOGRANIN II; SERINE PROTEINASE; SORTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA TRANSLATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECRETORY GRANULE; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84884147934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00096     Document Type: Short Survey

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