News Physiol Sci. 1999 Dec;14:243-249. doi: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.6.243.
News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society
K.-D. Schlüter
PMID: 11390859 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.6.243
Parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related peptide are two structurally similar peptide hormones that exert mainly identical effects on classical target cells of parathyroid hormone but remarkable differences in their effects on other target cells. This review focuses on their functional differences and the mechanisms underlying these effects.