A novel VIP signaling pathway in T cells cAMP-->protein tyrosine phosphatase (SHP-2?)-->JAK2/STAT4-->Th1 differentiation.

abstract：:Spinal cords of rats, cats and monkeys were transected; the animals were perfused at varying times. Other rats were injected with morphine and perfused 10 days later. Immunocytochemistry shows substance P (SP) present in control animals primarily in the substantia gelatinosa (SG) of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord....

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Naftchi NE,Abrahams SJ,St Paul HM,Vacca LL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-like neuropeptide is produced in the brain of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. Immunocytochemical studies of brain and retrocerebral complex of larvae, prepupae, pupae and adults showed that four pairs of median neurosecretory cells and six pairs of lateral neurosecretory cells which had d...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Park CW,Kim JH,Kim KM,Hwang JS,Kang SW,Kang HS,Cho BP,Yu CH,Kim HR,Lee BH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently characterized bicarinalin as the most abundant peptide from the venom of the ant Tetramorium bicarinatum. This antimicrobial peptide is active against Staphylococcus and Enterobacteriaceae. To further investigate the antimicrobial properties of this cationic and cysteine-free peptide, we have studied ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Téné N,Bonnafé E,Berger F,Rifflet A,Guilhaudis L,Ségalas-Milazzo I,Pipy B,Coste A,Leprince J,Treilhou M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunohistochemical mapping study in the brain and upper spinal cord of the turtle Testudo hermanni Gmelin revealed a wide distribution of somatostatin perikarya and fibres. Within the telencephalon, somatostatin perikarya are present in the anterior olfactory nucleus, in the medial, dorsomedial and dorsal cortex, ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Weindl A,Triepel J,Kuchling G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-casein-derived octapeptide RINKKIEK is a noncompetitive inhibitor of soybean lipoxygenase (LOX). To investigate the molecular determinants for the enzyme-peptide interaction, a peptide library containing substitutional analogs of RINKKIEK was prepared by SPOT synthesis and analyzed for interaction with fluore...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Schurink M,van Berkel WJ,Wichers HJ,Boeriu CG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distributions of neuropeptides in paraffin-embedded tissue sections (PETS) of the eyestalk, brain, and thoracic ganglia of the shrimp Penaeus monodon were visualized by imaging mass spectrometry (IMS). Peptide signals were obtained from PETS without affecting morphological features. Twenty-nine neuropeptides compr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chansela P,Goto-Inoue N,Zaima N,Sroyraya M,Sobhon P,Setou M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamic neuropeptide orexin A (hypocretin-1) is a key signal in sleep/wake regulation and promotes food intake. We investigated the relationship between cerebrospinal fluid orexin A concentrations and body composition in non-narcoleptic human subjects with a wide range of body weight to gain insight into the ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Santiago JCP,Otto M,Kern W,Baier PC,Hallschmid M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of a high dose of CCK7 have been reported to elicit barrel rotations accompanied by contralateral postural asymmetry; there was no spontaneous locomotor activity other than barrel rolling. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of lower doses of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Morency MA,Ross GM,Hesketh D,Mishra RK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (MSH), and related peptides have been shown to have several neurogenic effects: alteration of cerebral protein synthesis, RNA synthesis, protein phosphorylation, and neurotransmitter turnover. Furthermore, there appears to be an ACTH containing circuit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Beckwith BE,Sandman CA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablation of the frontal neocortex markedly enhanced the antinociceptive and cataleptic actions of beta-endorphin injected into the lateral ventricle of rat brain. This enhanced response was not affected by simultaneous administration of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8). In sham-operated rats, however, CCK-8 suppres...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Itoh S,Katsuura G

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) is known to exert neuroprotective effects against excitotoxic damage in the hippocampus of female rats, both in vitro and in vivo. It is still unknown whether this effect can be seen in the male hippocampus and intracellular signaling mediating such action. To assess this, adult male CD-1 mice were sub...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Anagnostou I,Muñoz-Mayorga D,Morales T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we used intracerebral microdialysis techniques to examine whether angiotensin II (ANG II) modulates the release of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in the subfornical organ (SFO) in freely moving rats. Extracellular concentrations of 5-HT and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA)...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tanaka J,Kariya K,Nomura M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kiss1 mRNA and its corresponding peptide products, kisspeptins, are expressed in two restricted brain areas of rodents, the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) and the arcuate nucleus (ARC). The concentration of mature kisspeptins may not directly correlate with Kiss1 mRNA levels, because mRNA translation and...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Overgaard A,Tena-Sempere M,Franceschini I,Desroziers E,Simonneaux V,Mikkelsen JD

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is part of a special issue dedicated to Opioid addiction, and examines the influential role of opioid peptides, opioid receptors and opiate drugs in mediating food intake and body weight control in rodents. This review postulates that opioid mediation of food intake was an example of "positive addictive" p...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bodnar RJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin is one of the key regulators of the body's water and solute balance. When this balance is pathologically disturbed, determination of serum vasopressin concentrations might be a helpful tool for guiding therapy. However, due to its instability and considerable association to platelets, reliable measurement ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Struck J,Morgenthaler NG,Bergmann A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large species differences have been previously observed in the pharmacology of bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor antagonists. We investigated the effect of two novel non-peptide antagonists, compound 9 (a benzodiazepine peptidomimetic related to icatibant) and the thiosemicarbazide bradyzide on the rabbit B2 receptor (contr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Marceau F,Houle S,Bouthillier J,Said NB,Garratt PJ,Dziadulewicz EK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholecystokinin receptor-type 1 (CCK1R) is a G-protein coupled receptor localized in the animal gastrointestinal tract. Receptor activation by the natural peptide ligand CCK leads to a feeling of satiety. In this study, hydrolysates from soy and milk proteins were evaluated for their potential to activate the CCK1...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Staljanssens D,Van Camp J,Billiet A,De Meyer T,Al Shukor N,De Vos WH,Smagghe G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to the extreme C-terminal pentapeptide of procholecystokinin, YEYPS (in the single letter notation), have been used in radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry to characterize the material in rat intestine. There is a single major immunoreactive peptide in intestinal extracts that has the properties of the...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jonsson AC,Varro A,Dockray GJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the circadian rhythm of pituitary adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) secretion has been well characterized, the ultradian rhythm has been less thoroughly investigated. To study the episodic nature of ACTH secretion, unrestrained, unanesthetized rats were bled continuously through indwelling jugular venous cannulae and b...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Carnes M,Brownfield MS,Kalin NH,Lent S,Barksdale CM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and chronic effects of gamma-butyrolactone-gamma-carbonyl-histidyl-prolinamide (DN-1417) were investigated on motor activity, dopamine (DA) metabolites and DA receptors in various brain regions of rats. The motor activity, as measured with Automex recorder, was enhanced after a single injection with DN-1417 (20 ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nakahara T,Matsumoto T,Hirano M,Uchimura H,Yokoo H,Nakamura K,Ishibashi K,Hirano H

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of somatostatin (SRIF) was examined in normal human forebrain, using thick vibratome cut sections. The unlabeled antibody enzyme method of immunocytochemistry revealed a widespread distribution of SRIF immunoreactive neurons and fibers throughout the septum, diencephalon and corpus striatum. Within th...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bennett-Clarke CA,Joseph SA

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated the production and release of a peptide structurally identical with porcine and bovine VIP-28 in human neuroblastoma NB-OK-1 cell line. In the cells, VIP-like immunoreactive (IR-VIP) components of 8 K dalton (Kd), 11 Kd, 18 Kd and 30 Kd were also detected and the 8 Kd and 18 Kd components were apparent...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hoshino M,Yanaihara C,Ogino K,Iguchi K,Sato H,Suzuki T,Yanaihara N

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide S (NPS), the endogenous ligand of NPS receptor (NPSR), regulates many biological functions, including arousal, anxiety, locomotion and food intake. NPSR mRNA is expressed in several regions of central autonomic network through which the brain controls visceromotor and other responses essential for surviva...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Han RW,Chang M,Peng YL,Qiao LY,Yin XQ,Li W,Wang R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chicken-I and chicken-II gonadotropin-releasing hormone (cI-GnRH and cII-GnRH) were shown to be differentially distributed in the brain of a turtle, Trachemys scripta, by HPLC and specific radioimmunoassays. The cI-GnRH was most concentrated in the median eminence (ME), while cII-GnRH was most concentrated in the caud...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tsai PS,Licht P

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food deprivation inhibits estrous behavior in several species of rodents, but little is known about the neurotransmitter systems mediating this phenomenon. We determined whether partial blockade of opioid receptors by continuous infusion of naltrexone and/or acute peripheral injection of cholecystokinin (CCK) administ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jones JE,Corp ES,Wade GN

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of exogenous ghrelin or obestatin on intestinal injury and accompanying pulmonary injury, intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) was induced in rats by obstructing the superior mesenteric artery for 60min, whereas laparotomy was performed in the sham group. At the beginning of the 90-min reperfu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Şen LS,Karakoyun B,Yeğen C,Akkiprik M,Yüksel M,Ercan F,Özer A,Yeğen BÇ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin COOH-terminal octapeptide (CCK-8) produces a satiating effect in the rat and other animals upon peripheral administration. Although it has been demonstrated that the receptors which mediate this action are located in the periphery and are of the CCK-A subtype, their anatomical location has not been fir...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Murphy RB,Smith GP,Schneider LH,Gibbs J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strips of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) from rabbits were tested for their responses to several peptides, and to electrical field stimulation (EFS) under the presence of some peptides. Substance P (SP), motilin, and bombesin induced contraction, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) induced relaxation. SP- and bo...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kohjitani A,Shirakawa J,Okada S,Obara H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin, a newly identified bioactive adipokine, has been found to play important roles in multiple diseases, including diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases with unclear molecular mechanisms. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of apelin on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pancreas ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chen H,Zheng C,Zhang X,Li J,Li J,Zheng L,Huang K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat central and peripheral nervous system contains a widespread distribution of BPP-like immunoreactive neurons. Some of these neurons coexist with a catecholamine, probably mostly NE. This peptide appears to be releaseable by nerve stimulation. Catecholamine releasing agents such as reserpine do not appear to dep...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jacobowitz DM,Olschowka JA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00