The calcitonin gene-related peptide family
form, function and future perspectives
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Product details:
- Edition number 2010
- Publisher Springer Netherlands
- Date of Publication 2 November 2014
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Previously published in hardcover
- ISBN 9789400791800
- Binding Paperback
- See also 9789048129089
- No. of pages236 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 379 g
- Language English
- Illustrations VIII, 236 p. 0
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In 1925, J. B. Collip (1925) reported that extracts of parathyroid gland contained an activity that raised calcium levels in the blood of parathyroidectomized animals, and suggested that this was due to a hormone produced in the parathyroid gland. The story of parathyroid hormone discovery was indicative of ever-increasing sophistication in sample preparation and protein isolation techniques. This paper resolved earlier controversies over the function of the parathyroid glands and c- trol of blood calcium. The year 1961 was a banner year for parathyroid research, in which the peptides parathyroid hormone and calcitonin were purified, and in which it was suggested that calcitonin could lower blood calcium (Copp and Cameron 1961). In 1982 it was discovered that in neurons the primary RNA transcript for calcitonin could be alternatively-spliced to give calcitonin gene-reated peptide (CGRP), and shortly thereafter amylin (previously named islet amyloid polyp- tide, IAPP) was identified and shown to have homology to CGRP. Since then a and b CGRP have been delineated and adrenomedullin and intermedin discovered, and this family of homologous peptides has emerged. This family of peptide hormones has a diverse and constantly expanding range of important physiologic functions, including regulation of blood calcium, vascular tension, feeding behavior and pain recognition.
MoreTable of Contents:
Molecular and Functional Evolution of the Adrenomedullin Family in Vertebrates: What Do Fish Studies Tell Us?.- Ligand Binding and Activation of the CGRP Receptor.- Understanding Amylin Receptors.- The CGRP-Receptor Component Protein: A Regulator for CLR Signaling.- The Calcitonin Peptide Family: What Can We Learn from Receptor Knock Out and Transgenic Mice.- Gene Targeted Mouse Models of Adrenomedullin Signaling.- Genetic Regulation of CGRP and Its Actions.- Vascular Actions of CGRP and Adrenomedullin: Mechanisms and Potential Contribution to Inflammation in the Cutaneous Microvasculature.- Insights into the Function of Intermedin/Adrenomedullin 2.- CGRP and Adrenomedullin as Pain-Related Peptides.- Amylinergic Control of Ingestive Behaviour.- CGRP Receptor Antagonists for Migraine: Challenges and Promises.- Calcitonin Receptor Expression in Embryonic, Foetal and Adult Tissues: Developmental and Pathophysiological Implications.- Conclusions and Future Perspectives.
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