Distribution of Y-receptors in murine lingual epithelia.

Peptide hormones and their cognate receptors belonging to neuropeptide Y (NPY) family mediate diverse biological functions in a number of tissues. Recently, we discovered the presence of the gut satiation peptide YY (PYY) in saliva of mice and humans and defined its role in the regulation of food in...

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Main Authors: Maria D Hurtado, Andres Acosta, Paola P Riveros, Bruce J Baum, Kirill Ukhanov, Alicia R Brown, Cedrick D Dotson, Herbert Herzog, Sergei Zolotukhin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3458857?pdf=render