title: The role of atrial natriuretic peptide in the immune system.
abstract: Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a hormone predominately produced by the heart atria which regulates the water and salt balance as well as blood pressure homeostasis. Being expressed in various parts of the immune system a link of the peptide to the immune system has been proposed. In fact, this review focus on effects of ANP in the immune system and reports about the role of the peptide in innate immune functions as well as in the adaptive immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-11, 81375 Munich, Germany. angelika.vollmar@cup.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Angelika M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vollmar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000502:physiology*; D007249:Inflammation; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; C496319:NOS2 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases