Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
"Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 37-amino acid peptide derived from the calcitonin gene. It occurs as a result of alternative processing of mRNA from the calcitonin gene. The neuropeptide is widely distributed in the brain, gut, perivascular nerves, and other tissue. The peptide produces multiple biological effects and has both circulatory and neurotransmitter modes of action. In particular, it is a potent endogenous vasodilator.
| Descriptor ID |
D015740
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.097 D12.776.631.650.097
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide- Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
- Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide
- Gene-Related Peptide, Calcitonin
- Peptide, Calcitonin Gene-Related
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide" by people in Profiles.
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Pneumococcal colonisation density: a new marker for disease severity in HIV-infected adults with pneumonia. BMJ Open. 2014 Aug 11; 4(8):e005953.
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Novel approaches to the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 01; 47 Suppl 3:S202-6.
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Usefulness of C-reactive protein to define pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy in the prevention of pneumonia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Jan; 25(1):30-6.
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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in HIV-positive subjects with tuberculosis and pneumonia. Eur Respir J. 2005 Apr; 25(4):688-92.
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Use of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to evaluate vaccine efficacy against pneumonia. PLoS Med. 2005 Feb; 2(2):e38.
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Serum procalcitonin as an early marker of neonatal sepsis. S Afr Med J. 2004 Oct; 94(10):851-4.