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Neuropeptide Receptors in Gut Disease: Therapeutic Targets for GI Disorders

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The takeaway

Neuropeptide receptors in the GI tract (VIP, substance P, NPY, CGRP) represent therapeutic targets for IBD, IBS, and other intestinal diseases — the gut's neural peptide system as a drug target landscape.

Key finding

Neuropeptide receptors in the GI tract (VIP, substance P, NPY, CGRP) represent therapeutic targets for IBD, IBS, and other intestinal diseases — the g

What the researchers found

Neuropeptide receptors in the GI tract (VIP, substance P, NPY, CGRP) represent therapeutic targets for IBD, IBS, and other intestinal diseases — the gut's neural peptide system as a drug target landscape.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Neuropeptide Receptors in Gut Disease: Therapeutic Targets for GI Disorders
What was found?
Neuropeptide receptors in the GI tract (VIP, substance P, NPY, CGRP) represent therapeutic targets for IBD, IBS, and other intestinal diseases — the gut's neural peptide system as a drug target landscape.

Read the original research

Neuropeptide receptors in intestinal disease: physiology and therapeutic potential.

Current pharmaceutical design, 16(9), 1091-105

Citation

Snoek, Susanne A; Borensztajn, Keren S; van den Wijngaard, René M; de Jonge, Wouter J. (2010). Neuropeptide receptors in intestinal disease: physiology and therapeutic potential.. Current pharmaceutical design, 16(9), 1091-105.