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Noun Concept
Categories: Genes on human chromosome 20, Neuroendocrinology, Posterior pituitary hormones, Renal physiology, Antidiuretics
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vasopressin  antidiuretic hormone  ADH  Pitressin  arginine vasopressin
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Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules WordNet 3.0
English:
gene
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Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP. Wikipedia
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens Wikidata
Vasopressin Wikidata
A hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland. Wiktionary
An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. Wiktionary
IS A
hormone
vasoconstrictor
gene
protein
HAS PART
copeptin
PART OF
neurohypophysial hormone
HAS KIND
desmopressin
BIOLOGICAL PROCESS
apoptosis
erection
toilet
vasoconstriction
signal transduction
+1 relations
CELL COMPONENT
cytosol
dendrite
extracellular space
CHROMOSOME
chromosome 20
ENCODED BY
vasopressin
ENCODES
vasopressin
FOUND IN TAXON
early modern human
USAGE DOMAIN
trade name
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin
Wikipedia
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vasopressin
Wikidata
EN
arginine vasopressin, AVP, posterior pituitary hormones, neuropeptides
Wiktionary
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antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin
Wikipedia Redirections
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Adiuretin, anti-diuretic hormone, antidiuretic hormone, Arginine-vasopressin, arginine vasopressin, arginine vasotocin, ATC code H01BA01, ATC code H01BA03, ATC code H01BA06, ATCvet code QH01BA01, ATCvet code QH01BA03, ATCvet code QH01BA06, AVP (gene), C46H65N15O12S2, Diapid, lysine vasopressin, Pitressin Tannate, Pressyn, Receptors, vasopressin, Vasopressin injection, Vasopressin tannate, vasopressins, Vasostrict, Vassopressin
Wikidata Alias
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ADH, antidiuretic hormone, arginine-vasopressin, arginine vasopressin, argipressin, ARVP, AVP, AVP-NPII, AVRP, copeptin, neurohypophyseal, prepro-arginine-vasopressin-neurophysin II, prepro-AVP-NP II, Vasopressin, vasopressin, vasopressin-neurophysin 2-copeptin, vasopressin-neurophysin II-copeptin, VP

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