Neurokinin B Signalling in Human Puberty

TOPALOĞLU A. K., KOTAN L. D., YÜKSEL B.

JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.22, sa.7, ss.765-770, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02013.x
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.765-770
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Recent identification of TAC3 or TACR3 (encoding neurokinin B and its receptor, NK3R, respectively) mutations as the causes of normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism has provided compelling evidence for the involvement of neurokinin B (NKB) signalling in puberty. A surge of subsequent studies pointing towards an understanding of the exact mechanism through which NKB signalling exerts its effects in puberty led to a postulated sketch of the GnRH pulse generator, in which kisspeptin, NKB and dynorphin work in concert to elicit pulsatile gonadotrophin-releasing hormone release in the median eminence.