The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide across different species:

vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (Vip), vasoactive intestinal peptide (vip-A), vasoactive intestinal peptide (vip), vasoactive intestinal peptide (LOC100303697), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide type II (vip2)

Other aliases include:

PHM27, MGC13587, VIP, MGC143128, vip-A, vip1, MGC171463, zgc:171463, LOC100303697, PHI

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide:

vasoactive intestinal peptide – vasoactive intestinal polypeptide – vasoactive instestinal peptide – PHI – vasoactive intestinal polypeptide type I – histidine-isoleucine/vasoactive intestinal polypeptide – VIP peptides

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide fulfills a number of functions:

neuropeptide hormone activity – hormone activity

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – body fluid secretion – positive regulation of cell proliferation – vasodilation – extracellular region – G-protein signaling, coupled to cAMP nucleotide second messenger – activation of phospholipase C activity by G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway coupled to IP3 second messenger

Locations for Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide:

extracellular region

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology