Article
Mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor and their clinical implications.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 1997
Brown E M
Abstract excerpt
Specialized cells (i.e., parathyroid chief cells) that sense changes in the extracellular calcium concentration are a key element in mineral ion homeostasis. The Ca2+o-sensing receptor (CaR) originally cloned from bovine parathyroid is also present in multiple nephron segments involved in Ca2+o h...
Topics
- Calcium
- Calcium Metabolism Disorders
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- GTP-Binding Proteins
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Magnesium
- Mutation
- Receptors, Calcium-Sensing
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Signal Transduction
