USE OF PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN ASSAYS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERCALCEMIA Part of “CHAPTER 52 – PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN“ Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND…
PATHOGENETIC ROLE OF PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN Part of “CHAPTER 52 – PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN“ Patients with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy as well as normal persons infused with aminoterminal fragments of…
ROLE OF PARATHYROID HORMONE- RELATED PROTEIN IN HYPERCALCEMIA Part of “CHAPTER 52 – PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN“ TUMORS SECRETING PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN The clinical manifestations of hypercalcemia in malignancy are discussed…
STRUCTURE AND BIOLOGIC PROPERTIES Part of “CHAPTER 52 – PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN“ STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING OF PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN AND ITS GENE PTHrP is a protein of 139 to 173…
PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN Gordon J. Strewler Parathyroid hormone–related protein (PTHrP), sometimes referred to as parathyroid hormone–like protein, is the sister of PTH. Originally identified as the cause of humoral hypercalcemia…
CONCLUSIONS Part of “CHAPTER 51 – PARATHYROID HORMONE“ Related posts: CONTRASEXUAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IDIOPATHIC OR CYCLIC EDEMA ALOPECIA EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY CALCIUM BALANCE DURING PREGNANCY PREVALENCE OF ERECTILE…
MEASUREMENT Part of “CHAPTER 51 – PARATHYROID HORMONE“ RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS Radiommunoassays (RIAs) developed for human PTH generally do not use human PTH (hPTH) 1–84 as a tracer because of its scarcity…
PARATHYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS Part of “CHAPTER 51 – PARATHYROID HORMONE“ The PTH/PTHrP receptor is a member of the G-protein–linked receptor superfamily. These glycoproteins have hydrophobic sequences that are thought to…
ACTIONS OF PARATHYROID HORMONE Part of “CHAPTER 51 – PARATHYROID HORMONE“ PARATHYROID HORMONE FUNCTIONS The major function of PTH appears to be the maintenance of a normal level of extracellular…
HORMONE SECRETION Part of “CHAPTER 51 – PARATHYROID HORMONE“ GENERAL FEATURES OF HORMONAL SECRETION Relatively little PTH is stored in secretory granules within the parathyroid glands. In the absence of…
