Anti-sperm antibodies are produced by cells of the adaptive immune system and are the cause of approximately 7% of male infertility incidences. They can bind...
Smooth muscle is an involuntary non-striated muscle. It is divided into two subgroups; the single-unit (unitary) and multiunit smooth muscle. Within...
Fas is a glycoprotein with a mass estimated at 43 to 48 kDa . Fas is a member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily (TNFRSF), and it shares a...
In molecular biology, the insulin receptor is a transmembrane receptor that is activated by insulin. It belongs to the large class of tyrosine kinase...
Somatotropin is a member of the somatotropin/prolactin family of hormones which play an important role in growth control. The gene, along with four other...
Filaggrinis an intermediate filament-associated protein that aggregates keratin intermediate filaments in mammalian epidermis. It is initially synthesized as...
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is a monomeric immunoglobulin, built of two heavy chains ? and two light chains. Each IgG has two antigen binding sites. It is the...
Glycyl-tRNA synthetase isone of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The encoded enzyme is an (alpha)2 dimer...
DNase I is a nuclease that cleaves DNA preferentially at phosphodiester linkages adjacent to a pyrimidine nucleotide, yielding 5'-phosphate terminated...
The most prominent clinical syndrome associated with a disordered hypersecretion of Calcitonin is medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MTC). MTC is a tumor of...
Acylation Stimulating Protein (ASP) is one of the factors that control adipose tissue function. It was initially identified from human plasma, and determined...
Luteinizing hormone (LH) is an important hormone of the reproductive system, which has found application in diagnosis and therapeutic medicine. It plays a...
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is a hormone synthesised and secreted by gonadotropes in the anterior pituitary gland. In the ovary FSH stimulates the...
Angiotensin II is a potent pressor hormone and a primary regulator of aldosterone secretion. It is an important effector controlling blood pressure and...
Alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein is a protein which is encoded by the AHSG gene.Alpha2-HS glycoprotein (AHSG), a glycoprotein present in the serum, is synthesized by...
Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 7 (CXCL7) is a platelet-derived growth factor that belongs to the CXC chemokine family. It is an isoform of...
Beta-Hydroxybutyric acid is a ketone body. It is a chiral compound having two enantiomers, D-3-hydroxybutyric acid and L-4-hydroxybutyric acid. Like the...
beta-MSH: a functional ligand that regulated energy homeostasis via hypothalamic MC4-R. beta-MSH is also capable of activating MC4-R and inhibiting feeding....
Beta-endorphin is an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found in the neurons of both the central and peripheral nervous system.Sequence: "Tyr Gly Gly...
Apolipoprotein H (ApoH), also known as Beta 2-glycoprotein I, is a plasma glycoprotein either circulating as a free protein or associated to lipoproteins....