Novel kinase signaling cascades in pancreatic acinar cells

John A. Williams, Andrzej Dabrowski, Craig D. Logsdon

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Abstract

Pancreatic secretagogues that activate digestive enzyme secretion through classic intracellular mediators such as Ca2+ also activate novel signaling kinase cascades. The best defined of these is the MAP kinase cascade, but cholecystokinin also activates jun kinase, p38 MAP kinase, and S6 kinase. These novel pathways are likely involved with pancreatic growth and gene expression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)117-121
Number of pages5
JournalNews in Physiological Sciences
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology

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