Calcitonin gene-related peptide: physiology and pathophysiology

FA Russell, R King, SJ Smillie, X Kodji… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino acid neuropeptide. Discovered 30
years ago, it is produced as a consequence of alternative RNA processing of the calcitonin …

GPCR modulation by RAMPs

DL Hay, DR Poyner, PM Sexton - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
Our conceptual understanding of the molecular architecture of G-protein coupled receptors
(GPCRs) has transformed over the last decade. Once considered as largely independent …

Membrane trafficking of G protein–coupled receptors

CM Tan, AE Brady, HH Nickols, Q Wang… - Annu. Rev …, 2004 - annualreviews.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) modulate diverse physiological and behavioral
signaling pathways by virtue of changes in receptor activation and inactivation states …

Cell and molecular biology of the multifunctional peptide, adrenomedullin

J López, A Martínez - International review of cytology, 2002 - Elsevier
Adrenomedullin (AM) is a recently discovered regulatory peptide involved in many functions
including vasodilatation, electrolyte balance, neurotransmission, growth, and hormone …

Calcitonin gene-related peptide as inflammatory mediator

J Springer, P Geppetti, A Fischer… - Pulmonary pharmacology …, 2003 - Elsevier
Sensory neuropeptides have been proposed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of a
number of respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or …

Localization and modulation of calcitonin gene-related peptide-receptor component protein-immunoreactive cells in the rat central and peripheral nervous systems

W Ma, JG Chabot, KJ Powell, K Jhamandas… - Neuroscience, 2003 - Elsevier
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is widely distributed in the central and peripheral
nervous system. Its highly diverse biological activities are mediated via the G protein …

Intermedin (adrenomedullin‐2): a novel counter‐regulatory peptide in the cardiovascular and renal systems

D Bell, BJ McDermott - British journal of pharmacology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Intermedin (IMD) is a novel peptide related to calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) and
adrenomedullin (AM). Proteolytic processing of a larger precursor yields a series of …

Adrenomedullin–new perspectives of a potent peptide hormone

R Schönauer, S Els‐Heindl… - Journal of Peptide …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a 52‐amino acid multifunctional peptide, which belongs to the
calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) superfamily of vasoactive peptide hormones. ADM …

Immunohistochemical localization of calcitonin receptor–like receptor and receptor activity–modifying proteins in the human cerebral vasculature

KR Oliver, A Wainwright, L Edvinsson… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Calcitonin gene-related peptide and adrenomedullin belong to a structurally related
neuropeptide family and are potent vasodilators expressed in the trigeminovascular system …

Targeting adrenomedullin in oncology: A feasible strategy with potential as much more than an alternative anti-angiogenic therapy

R Vázquez, ME Riveiro, C Berenguer-Daize… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development, maintenance and metastasis of solid tumors are highly dependent on the
formation of blood and lymphatic vessels from pre-existing ones through a series of …