Regulation and function of somatostatin receptors

Gisela Olias; Cécile Viollet; Heike Kusserow; Jacques Epelbaum; Wolfgang Meyerhof

doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02402.x

Regulation and function of somatostatin receptors

J Neurochem. 2004 Jun;89(5):1057-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02402.x.

Authors

Gisela Olias¹, Cécile Viollet, Heike Kusserow, Jacques Epelbaum, Wolfgang Meyerhof

Affiliation

¹ Abteilung Molekulare Genetik, Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, D-14558 Nuthetal, Germany.

PMID: 15147500
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02402.x

Abstract

This review summarizes the latest advances that have been made to elucidate the somatostatinergic system in respect to somatostatin receptor evolution, the development of receptor agonists/antagonists, receptor regulation, signal transduction, effects on cell proliferation, receptor-receptor or receptor-protein interactions and receptor function.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Division / physiology
Central Nervous System / metabolism
Gastrointestinal Tract / metabolism
Humans
Ligands
Receptors, Somatostatin / drug effects
Receptors, Somatostatin / metabolism
Receptors, Somatostatin / physiology*
Signal Transduction / physiology*
Somatostatin / metabolism

Substances

Ligands
Receptors, Somatostatin
Somatostatin