Nicotinic cholinergic signaling in adipose tissue and pancreatic islets biology: Revisited function and therapeutic perspectives

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Somm, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Diabetes; Islet; nAChR; Nicotine; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CATION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONTOGENY; PANCREAS ISLET; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NICOTINE; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896544188     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-013-0266-6     Document Type: Review

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