"Apelin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 77 amino acid secreted endogenous ligand for the angiotensin II receptor-like 1 protein (APELIN RECEPTOR) that is proteolytically cleaved into four smaller peptides: Apelin-36, Apelin-31, Apelin-28, and Apelin-13. It inhibits entry of HIV into cells that express both APJ and CD4 ANTIGEN and is highly expressed in breast milk, where it may modulate the neonatal immune response.
| Descriptor ID |
D000073861
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.150 D23.529.134
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