In vitro bactericidal activity of human beta-defensin 2 against nosocomial strains.

abstract：:Endomorphin1-ol (Tyr-Pro-Trp-Phe-ol, EM1-ol) and endomorphin2-ol (Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-ol, EM2-ol), with C-terminal alcohol (-ol) containing, have been shown to exhibit higher affinity and lower intrinsic efficacy in vitro than endomorphins. In the present study, in order to investigate the alterations of systemic hemodyna...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yu Y,Wang CL,Cui Y,Fan YZ,Liu J,Shao X,Liu HM,Wang R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid receptor binding properties of [3H]Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Phe-NH2 (TAPP) were characterized in rat brain and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing the rat mu-receptor. In rat brain, [3H]TAPP labeled a single class of opioid sites with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.31 nM and maximal number of binding sites (Bm...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Spetea M,Otvös F,Tóth G,Nguyen TM,Schiller PW,Vogel Z,Borsodi A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three neurotensin (NT) receptors have been cloned to date, two of which, NTS1 and NTS2, belong to the family of seven transmembrane domain receptors coupled to G proteins (GPCRs). NTS1 and NTS2 may activate multiple signal transduction pathways, involving several G proteins. However, whereas NT acts as an agonist towa...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pelaprat D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many mammalian brain-gut peptides are known to be represented in invertebrate nervous systems; we have now examined the possibility that an invertebrate neuropeptide occurs in vertebrates. Antisera were raised in rabbits to the molluscan neuropeptide. Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2 (FMRFamide). The antiserum used for radioimmuno...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Dockray GJ,Vaillant C,Williams RG,Gayton RJ,Osborne NN

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sparse to moderate supply of nerve fibers containing neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP-LI), substance P (SP-LI), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP-LI) was demonstrated in the walls of human middle meningeal arteries. Comparison with similar studies on human...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jansen I,Uddman R,Ekman R,Olesen J,Ottosson A,Edvinsson L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) is a 40-residue cationic peptide originally purified from human blood ultrafiltrate. The native peptide contains two disulfide bonds and is unique regarding its primary structure. Its biological role is not known but a previous study showed that chemically synthesized L...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hocquellet A,Odaert B,Cabanne C,Noubhani A,Dieryck W,Joucla G,Le Senechal C,Milenkov M,Chaignepain S,Schmitter JM,Claverol S,Santarelli X,Dufourc EJ,Bonneu M,Garbay B,Costaglioli P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venom small peptides that target neurotrophin receptors might be beneficial in neurodegeneration, including Parkinsońs disease (PD). Their small size, ease of synthesis, structural stability and target selectivity make them important tools to overcome the limitations of endogenous neurotrophins as therapeutic agents. ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bernardes CP,Santos NAG,Sisti FM,Ferreira RS,Santos-Filho NA,Cintra ACO,Cilli EM,Sampaio SV,Santos AC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urotensin-II (U-II), a cyclic peptide widely expressed in blood vessels, has diverse vascular actions that range from potent vasoconstriction to vasodilation. Although, U-II-induced vasodilation has been shown to be partially dependent on nitric oxide (NO), the involvement of vascular adventitia-derived NO, remains un...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lin L,Ding WH,Jiang W,Zhang YG,Qi YF,Yuan WJ,Tang CS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several considerations led us to directly measure, using radioimmunoassay, the levels of dynorphin-A(1-8), cholecystokinin-8, and Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 (MERGL) in lysed-P2 membranes, membranes incubated 60 min at 25 degrees C in 50 mM TRIS-HCl at pH 7.4, and membranes preincubated 60 min at 25 degrees C in TR...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rothman RB,Danks JA,Iadarola MJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major active product of ghrelin gene is a 28-amino acid peptide acylated at the serine 3 position with an octanoyl group, called simply ghrelin. Ghrelin has a multiplicity of physiological functions, affecting GH release, food intake, energy and glucose homeostasis, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary and ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Soares JB,Leite-Moreira AF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk is the best, complete food important for the development and nourishment of a neonate. Except for nutrients, milk contains biologically active opioid peptides derived from beta-casein, named beta-casomorphins (BCMs), which can exert effects in the gastrointestinal tract as well as in the whole body of neonates. T...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jarmołowska B,Sidor K,Iwan M,Bielikowicz K,Kaczmarski M,Kostyra E,Kostyra H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interindividual variability of the hydrolysis of leucine enkephalin, and of the formation of its hydrolysis by-products has been studied in human plasma. In agreement with known data, the data obtained indicate that Leu-enkephalin is degraded by several enzymes, belonging to three classes: aminopeptidases, dipepti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Marini M,Urbani A,Trani E,Bongiorno L,Roda LG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating how neuropeptides affect physiology may result in delineating peptidergic mechanisms and identifying antagonists for application in basic and translational science. Human neuropeptide Y (NPY) regulates cardiac activity; frequently invertebrates contain orthologs of vertebrate peptides. We report invertebra...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Setzu M,Biolchini M,Lilliu A,Manca M,Muroni P,Poddighe S,Bass C,Angioy AM,Nichols R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Y5 receptor has been postulated to be the main receptor mediating NPY-induced food intake in rats, based on its pharmacological profile and mRNA distribution. To further characterize this important receptor subtype, we isolated the Y5 gene in the guinea pig, a widely used laboratory animal in which all other known...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lundell I,Eriksson H,Marklund U,Larhammar D

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the importance of G-protein coupled receptors in the regulation of many physiological functions, deciphering the relationships between genotype and phenotype in past and present hominin GPCRs is of main interest to understand the evolutionary process that contributed to the present-day variability in human trait...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mata X,Renaud G,Mollereau C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of adrenomedullin (ADM) on C6 glioma cells were investigated. [125I]ADM bound with high affinity (Kd = 24 nM) to a single class of sites (Bmax = 36,000/cell) in C6 cells. Specific [125I]ADM binding was inhibited with high affinity by ADM (IC50 value of 10 nM) but not ADM(22-52) or pro-adrenomedullin N-term...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Moody TW,Miller MJ,Mártinez A,Unsworth E,Cuttitta F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an immunohistochemical study, a specific antiserum raised against [D-Ala2]deltorphin-I (DADTI), a highly selective ligand for delta opioid receptors, was used to demonstrate immunoreactive structures in the rat retina. [D-Ala2]Deltorphin-I immunoreactivity occurred in a subpopulation of the retinal amacrine cells s...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Abe H,Tooyama I,Renda T,Erspamer V,Kimura H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[125I]beta-endorphin bound to high affinity (Kd = 0.25 nM) receptors in the caudal dorsomedial medulla of rats with a Bmax of 97 fmol/mg protein. The relative potency for displacement of [125I]beta-endorphin binding was: beta-endorphin(1-31) > beta-endorphin(1-27) > DAMGO > naloxone > N-acetyl-beta-endorphin(1-31) > U...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： D'Souza MM,Carr JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments characterized the behavioral effects of bombesin (BN) administered systemically (1-8 micrograms/kg; IP) or centrally at the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) and the nucleus accumbens (NA) (0.0001-1.0 microgram/0.5 microliter). The role of dopaminergic system(s) in the mediation of BN-induced behavioral eff...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Johnston SA,Merali Z

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are believed to be a promising class of antimicrobial agents against bacteria and fungi. To promote the clinical use of AMPs, their antimicrobial activity and susceptibility to protease degradation should be further improved. The antimicrobial peptide Jelleine-I was originally isolated fr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jia F,Zhang Y,Wang J,Peng J,Zhao P,Zhang L,Yao H,Ni J,Wang K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a biologically active radioligand, [Tyr(125I)10]VIP, we have identified and characterized receptors for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on membranes prepared from the rat superior mesenteric artery and bovine coronary arteries. Binding was specific, saturable, reversible and dependent on time and temperature...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Huang M,Rorstad OP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional help provided by four cross-linked synthetic peptides from HIV-1 Gag structural proteins was investigated in the mouse model. These peptides, selected upon non-self-criteria, are not predicted as T epitopes by classical prediction methods such as the Rothbard consensus or the amphipathy rule. Priming mi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Benveniste O,Vaslin B,Dormont D

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:alpha-MSH immunoreactive peptides were fractionated and characterized in rat and human brain and rat pituitary by reversed phase high pressure liquid chromatographic techniques. alpha-MSH and deacetylated alpha-MSH were two major naturally existing peptides in both brain and pituitary gland. Subsequent experiments exa...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： O'Donohue TL,Handelmann GE,Chaconas T,Miller RL,Jacobowitz DM

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuing our research on Mycobacteria kansasii phagocytosis inhibition, we have examined in that context three series of peptides derived from the RGDVY and GRGD sequences. It was found that the levels of the inhibitory activity depend on the amino acid composition as well as on the particular peptide sequence. Dist...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Siemion IZ,Gawlowska M,Krajewski K,Strug I,Wieczorek Z

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the bradykinin potentiating activity and ACE inhibitory activity of several Ang-(1-7)-related peptides: Ang-(2-7), Ang-(3-7), Ang-(4-7), Ang-(1-6), Ang-(1-5) and the selective antagonist of Ang-(1-7): D-[Ala7]Ang-(1-7) (A-779). In vivo experiments were performed in freely moving Wistar rats...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Paula RD,Lima CV,Britto RR,Campagnole-Santos MJ,Khosla MC,Santos RA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decades have seen no significant progress in extending the survival of lung cancer patients and there is an urgent need to improve current therapies. The substance P (SP)/neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) system plays an important role in the development of cancer: SP and NK-1R antagonists respectively induce cel...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Muñoz M,González-Ortega A,Rosso M,Robles-Frias MJ,Carranza A,Salinas-Martín MV,Coveñas R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study purifies two T. serrulatus non-disulfide-bridged peptides (NDBPs), named venom peptides 7.2 (RLRSKG) and 8 (KIWRS) and details their synthesis and biological activity, comparing to the synthetic venom peptide 7.1 (RLRSKGKK), previously identified. The synthetic replicate peptides were subjected to a ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pucca MB,Cerni FA,Pinheiro-Junior EL,Zoccal KF,Bordon KCF,Amorim FG,Peigneur S,Vriens K,Thevissen K,Cammue BPA,Júnior RBM,Arruda E,Faccioli LH,Tytgat J,Arantes EC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have demonstrated that systemic injection of cholecystokinin (CCK) in rats produces dose-related decreases in food intake, increases in neurohypophyseal secretion of oxytocin (OT), and decreases in gastric emptying. The present studies determined whether systemic injection of bombesin (BBS), another p...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Verbalis JG,McCann MJ,Stricker EM

更新日期：1988-11-01 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