Controversial Role of Kisspeptins/KiSS-1R Signaling System in Tumor Development

KiSS-1 was first described as a metastasis suppressor gene in malignant melanoma. KiSS-1 encodes a 145 amino-acid residue peptide that is further processed, producing the 54 amino acid metastin and shorter peptides collectively named kisspeptins (KPs). KPs bind and activate KiSS-1R (GPR54). Although...

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Main Authors: Federica Fratangelo, Maria Vincenza Carriero, Maria Letizia Motti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00192/full