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SUBMITTER: Diaz-Franco MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6297736 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diaz-Franco Martha Cristina MC Franco-Diaz de Leon Raul R Villafan-Bernal Jose Rafael JR
Molecular medicine reports 20181105 1
Osteocalcin is no longer regarded as a molecule exclusive to bone remodeling and osteogenesis, but as a hormone with manifold functions. The discovery of the interaction of osteocalcin with the G protein‑coupled receptor family C group 6‑member A (GPRC6A) receptor has accompanied the characterization of several roles that this peptide serves in body regulation and homeostasis. These roles include the modulation of memory in the brain, fertility in the testis, fat accumulation in the liver, incre ...[more]