The growth hormone secretagogue receptor: Its intracellular signaling and regulation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4837-4855

  Yin, Yue ^a   Li, Yin ^a   Zhang, Weizhen ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPK; Constitutive activity; Ghrelin receptor; Intracellular signaling; MAPK; mTOR; PI3K

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; INOSITOL 1, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; ISOPROTEIN;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CELL SURVIVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896460683     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15034837     Document Type: Review

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