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Capromorelin, sold under the brand names Entyce and Elura, is a medication used for the management of weight loss in cats and dogs. [5] [6] Capromorelin is a ghrelin receptor agonist known to increase appetite and weight gain. [2] Capromorelin was developed by Pfizer. [7] [8] Capromorelin was approved for veterinary use in the United States in ...
This gene encodes a protein that is a transmembrane receptor for growth hormone. [10] [11] Binding of growth hormone to the receptor leads to reorientation of a pre-assembled receptor dimer dimerization (the receptor may however also exist as monomers on the cell surface [12]) and the activation of an intra- and intercellular signal transduction pathway leading to growth. [13]
Pegvisomant, sold under the brand name Somavert, is a growth hormone receptor antagonist used in the treatment of acromegaly. [1] [2] [3] It is primarily used if the pituitary gland tumor causing the acromegaly cannot be controlled with surgery or radiation, and the use of somatostatin analogues is unsuccessful, but is also effective as a monotherapy. [4]
Moxonidine is a new-generation alpha-2/imidazoline receptor agonist antihypertensive drug licensed for the treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension. [5] [6] It may have a role when thiazides, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers are not appropriate or have failed to control blood pressure.
A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) is a type of medication which affects gonadotropins and sex hormones. [1] They are used for a variety of indications including in fertility medicine and to lower sex hormone levels in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers such as prostate cancer and breast cancer, certain gynecological disorders like heavy periods and endometriosis ...
GnRH antagonists competitively and reversibly bind to GnRH receptors in the pituitary gland, blocking the release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from the anterior pituitary.
[citation needed] Although cabergoline is commonly described principally as a D 2 receptor agonist, it also possesses significant affinity for the dopamine D 3, and D 4, serotonin 5-HT 1A, 5-HT 2A, 5-HT 2B, and 5-HT 2C, and α 2-adrenergic receptors, as well as moderate/low affinity for the dopamine D 1, serotonin 5-HT 7, and α 1-adrenergic ...
Ghrelin was discovered after the ghrelin receptor (called growth hormone secretagogue type 1A receptor or GHS-R) was determined in 1999. [6] The hormone name is based on its role as a growth hormone-releasing peptide, with reference to the Proto-Indo-European root gʰre-, meaning "to grow".