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Somatostatin receptor

There are five known somatostatin receptors:[1]

All are G protein-coupled seven transmembrane receptors.

References

  1. Hoyer D, Bell GI, Berelowitz M, Epelbaum J, Feniuk W, Humphrey PP, O’Carroll AM, Patel YC, Schonbrunn A, Taylor JE (1995). “Classification and nomenclature of somatostatin receptors”. Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 16 (3): 86–8. doi:10.1016/S0165-6147(00)88988-9. PMID 7792934.

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