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Quantifying Agonist Activity at G Protein-coupled Receptors
Published on: December 26, 2011
Glucocorticoid (type II) receptors in the olfactory mucosa of the guinea-pig: RU 28362
R C Kern1, J D Foster, D Z Pitovski
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Chemical Senses
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
The glucocorticoid RU 28362 was employed to identify glucocorticoid receptors in the olfactory mucosa of the guinea-pig. Results demonstrate significant binding of RU 28362 and suggest that the olfactory mucosa is a target site for glucocorticoid action.
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