Parathyroid hormone-related peptide--a smooth muscle tone and proliferation regulatory protein.
Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) appears to play crucial roles in the cardiovascular system. Over the past few years it has become apparent that there is more than one receptor recognizing parathyroid hormone or PTHrP, or both, and that PTHrP is not only a potent vasodilator of vascular smooth muscle cell tone, but is also a regulator of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and a secretagogue of renin and vasopressin. Investigators in several laboratories have started to query whether PTHrP intervenes in vascular diseases such as hypertension, (re)stenosis-atherosclerosis and endotoxaemia.
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Pharmacology Department, University Louis Pasteur School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
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D000818:Animals; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
D006133:Growth Substances; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; C043309:proliferation regulatory factors, human urine