Growth/differentiation factor 15
BE0010537ProteinHumansGDF15
Hormone produced in response to various stresses to confer information about those stresses to the brain, and trigger an aversive response, characterized by nausea, vomiting, and/or loss of appetite (PubMed:23468844, PubMed:24971956, PubMed:28846097, PubMed:28846098, PubMed:28846099, PubMed:28953886,... It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- GDF15
- UniProtKB entry
- Q99988Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 308 residues · 34,140 Da
- Also known as
- GDF-15 · Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 · MIC-1 · MIC1 · NAG-1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of October 31, 2023
Which compounds in development act on Growth/differentiation factor 15, and which indications are they being tested in?
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