title: Tachykinins in the control of breathing by hypoxia: pre- and post-genomic era.
abstract: This article highlights major findings from physiological and pharmacological studies conducted in the pre- and post-genomic era examining the roles of substance P (SP) and other tachykinins in the response of the carotid body to hypoxia, in the ventilatory response to hypoxia and in respiratory rhythm generation. In the post-genomic period, the hypoxic ventilatory responses of mice carrying targeted deletion of genes that affect synthesis or degradation or receptor interaction of SP have been examined by us and also by other investigators. A brief summary of the findings from these investigations will also be presented. The combined observations from the pre- and post-genomic era strongly support the involvement of SP and also other tachykinins in the control of respiration during hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. kgk@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: Ganesh K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Nanduri R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016678:Genome; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012119:Respiration / Q000235:genetics*; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015320:Tachykinins; D010100:Oxygen