This chapter focuses on parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is an 84 amino acid hormone that regulates calcium homostasis via its actions on target tissues. Parathyroid hormone maintains serum calcium concentrations within a narrow physiological range by direct actions on bone and kidney tissue and an ...
hormone as isolated from the parathyroid tissue; this has 84 amino acids and a molecular weight of ∼9500. There are two other populations of PTH fragments, one with a molecular weight of ∼7000 and one which is smaller, having a molecular weight in the range of 4500. Conflicting views...
The parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone type 1 receptor (PTH1-Rc) are major players in regulating blood calcium homeostasis. PTH1-Rc is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and it is also activated by PTH-related protein (PTHrP), which has potent effects in several target ...
Parathyroid hormone (PTH), substance produced and secreted by the parathyroid glands that regulates serum calcium concentration. Increased PTH secretion, known as hyperparathyroidism, may be caused by a benign tumor in one of the parathyroid glands or by
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Parathormone also plays a role in the regulation ofmagnesiummetabolism by increasing its excretion.Magnesium deficiencyresults in a decrease in parathormone secretion in some patients and decreased tissue action of parathormone in other patients. ...
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) CLIA Kit is a Competitive CLIA Kit for use with Serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, cell lysates, cell culture supernates and otherbiological fluids. Please note that this kit is also available as an ELISA Kitabx258958. ...
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Target Cell Responsiveness to Parathyroid Hormone. Physiologic responses to PTH depend not only on the concentration of PTH in blood but also on the responsiveness of target cells to PTH. This responsiveness can be modified by previous exposure to PTH or by exposure to a variety of other hormone...
Parathyroid hormone has two target tissues: kidney and bone. The main target tissue of PTH is the kidney where PTH has three effects: first, to increase the reabsorption of calcium from urine; second, to increase the expression of the enzyme 1α-hydroxylase, which activates vitamin D (Fig. ...