TY - JOUR AU - Sáez, María E AU - Smani, Tarik AU - Ramírez-Lorca, Reposo AU - Díaz, Ignacio AU - Serrano-Ríos, Manuel AU - Ruiz, Agustín AU - Ordoñez, Antonio PY - 2011 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0019327 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/337 T2 - PLoS ONE AB - Background. Urotensin II (UII) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, which signals through a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) known as GPR14 or urotensin receptor (UTR). UII exerts a broad spectrum of actions in several systems such as vascular cell,... LA - en PB - PLoS KW - Urotensinas KW - Resistencia a la insulina KW - Polimorfismo genético KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists::Hormones::Peptide Hormones::Urotensins KW - Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genetic Variation::Polymorphism, Genetic::Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide TI - Association analysis of urotensin II gene (UTS2) and flanking regions with biochemical parameters related to insulin resistance. TY - research article ER -