The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Somatostatin across different species:

somatostatin (SST), somatostatin (Sst), somatostatin (sst)

Other aliases include:

SMST, SS, SOM, SRIF, Smst, SS-14, SS-28, SS1, som, smst, SST, PPS, SOM14

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Somatostatin:

somatostatin – somatostatin-14 – somatostatin-28 – preprosomatostatin – preprosomatostatin 1a – prosomatostatin

Somatostatin fulfills a number of functions:

hormone activity

Somatostatin is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – digestion – induction of apoptosis by hormones – negative regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of cell migration – response to nutrient – synaptic transmission – hyperosmotic response – response to acid – response to amino acid stimulus – response to drug – response to heat – response to organic nitrogen – response to steroid hormone stimulus

Locations for Somatostatin:

extracellular region – extracellular space – neuronal cell body

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology