Endothelin-1 induces bronchial myofibroblast differentiation.

abstract：:BMAP-27, a member of cathelicidin family, plays an important role against microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. BMAP-27 may exert antimicrobial effects through membrane integrity disruption, but the exact molecular mechanism remains unclear. To identify the structural features important for antimicrobial activ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yang S,Lee CW,Kim HJ,Jung HH,Kim JI,Shin SY,Shin SH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) and met-enkephalin (MEK) related peptides have been shown to alter feeding behavior subsequent to their injection into the peripheral circulation or directly into the brains of several species. To evaluate the potential role of endogenous brain pools of these peptides in feeding, groups of sheep ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Scallet AC,Della-Fera MA,Baile CA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to determine the serum levels of chemerin in gastric cancer patients and healthy subjects and to investigate the biological effect of chemerin on gastric cancer cells. Serum chemerin level of 36 gastric cancer patients and 40 healthy subjects was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. AGS and...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Wang C,Wu WK,Liu X,To KF,Chen GG,Yu J,Ng EK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of neuropeptide Y (NPY) are found in the hypothalamus, median eminence, pituitary portal blood, and the pituitary in a number of species. Neuropeptide Y may influence the synthesis and secretion of a variety of hormones by interacting with specific receptors in the hypothalamus and/or the pituitary. To fur...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gehlert DR,Gackenheimer SL,Millington WR,Manning AB,Chronwall BM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) peptides are neuropeptides abundant in the central nervous system and periphery found to be involved in the regulation of food intake behavior and other physiological processes. Recently, we reported specific binding of (125)I-CART(61-102) to the rat adrenal pheochr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Maixnerová J,Hlavácek J,Blokesová D,Kowalczyk W,Elbert T,Sanda M,Blechová M,Zelezná B,Slaninová J,Maletínská L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the endothelin (ET) receptor that mediates the contraction induced by ET-1 in the porcine myometrium, we carried out a contraction study, radioligand binding study and molecular study (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) for detection of ET receptor-coding genes (mRNA). ET-1 (1 nM-1 microM...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Isaka M,Takaoka K,Yamada Y,Abe Y,Kitazawa T,Taneike T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect and mode of action of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) were studied in rat ileal strips. PACAP relaxed, concentration dependently, rat ileum and was 50 times more potent than the structurally related vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). The inhibitory action of PACAP was not mo...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Katsoulis S,Clemens A,Schwörer H,Creutzfeldt W,Schmidt WE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-stable enterotoxin b (STb) of Escherichia coli is a 48-amino acid basic, disulfide-bonded peptide that causes intestinal secretion in experimental animal models. Recent evidence suggests that the in vivo mechanism of STb action involves release of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Harville BA,Dreyfus LA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although enterostatin (VPDPR) inhibited morphine-induced analgesia, it had no affinity for mu-opioid receptors. VPDPR administration was reported to elevate serum corticosterone levels. We found that corticosterone exhibited a similar anti-analgesic effect selective for mu-opioid. Furthermore, the anti-analgesic effec...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Takenaka Y,Nakamura F,Usui H,Lipkowski AW,Toth G,Yoshikawa M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ACTH-(1-24) inhibits the in vitro binding of the muscarinic antagonist [3H]QNB to membranes from rat brain. The magnitude of inhibition is dependent on the concentration of ACTH-(1-24). Kinetic analysis indicates a pure competitive inhibition which is suggestive of a reversible interaction of ACTH with muscarinic rece...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tonnaer JA,Van Vugt M,De Graaf JS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is a waterborne bacteria. It can multiply in man-made water systems and infect people who inhale contaminated droplets. We have previously reported a Staphylococcus warneri strain that display an anti-Legionella activity. In this work, we characteri...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Verdon J,Berjeaud JM,Lacombe C,Héchard Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the effects of CPB on salusin-α, salusin-β and apelin-36 bioactive peptides in people who are planned to undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operation due to coronary artery disease and to explore whether these peptides are produced in human aortic, saphenous and arterial tissues. T...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Aydin S,Eren MN,Aydin S,Ozercan IH,Dagli AF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on rat antinociception was investigated. Intraventricular injection of 50 or 100 ng AVP dose-dependently increased the pain threshold; in contrast, intraventricular injection of 10 microl anti-AVP serum decreased the pain threshold; both intrathecal injection of 200 ng AVP or 1...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yang J,Song CY,Liu WY,Lin BC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geniculohypothalamic tract (GHT) is a projection from the intergeniculate leaflet to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The GHT exhibits neuropeptide Y (NPY) immunoreactivity and appears to communicate photic information to the SCN. Microinjection of NPY into the SCN has been found to phase shift circadian rhythms...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Huhman KL,Albers HE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neuroendocrine peptides that are distributed in amphibian gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system are also found in amphibian skins, and these peptides are classified into skin-gut-brain triangle peptides, such as bombesins, gastrin-releasing peptides. Cholecystokinins (CCKs) are neuroendocrine peptides...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Liu X,Wang Y,Cheng L,Song Y,Lai R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of immunoreactive endothelin (IR-ET) in human saliva and rat parotid gland was investigated by radioimmunoassay. The IR-ET concentration (mean +/- SEM) in saliva taken from normal volunteers was 2.0 +/- 0.2 pmol/l (n = 15). The IR-ET concentration in rat parotid gland was 19.2 +/- 2.2 fmol/g wet weight (n...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lam HC,Takahashi K,Ghatei MA,Suda K,Kanse SM,Bloom SR

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:Imidazole-related dipeptides, such as carnosine and anserine, occur widely in skeletal muscles of jawed vertebrates. All of the known enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of these dipeptides belong to the M20A metallopeptidase subfamily; two secretory enzymes, serum carnosinase (EC 3.4.13.20) and anserinase (EC 3.4.13...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Oku T,Ando S,Hayakawa T,Baba K,Nishi R,Shiozaki K,Yamada S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for neuropeptide Y (NPY) and peptide YY (PYY) have been extensively characterized in the brain. Less is known about NPY receptor subtypes in the spleen, though it is well established that NPY produces vascular contraction in this tissue. In the present study, we found an unusually high density of Y1 receptor...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gehlert DR,Gackenheimer SL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On attempts to identify toxins showing original profile of activity among K+ channels, we purified Kbot1, a scorpion toxin that blocks Kv1 and SK potassium channels. With 28 amino-acid residues, Kbot1 is the shortest toxin sequenced in Buthus occitanus scorpion. It is linked by three disulfide bridges and its primary ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mahjoubi-Boubaker B,Crest M,Khalifa RB,El Ayeb M,Kharrat R

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irisin was first identified in skeletal muscle cells, but its precise location has not yet been demonstrated, and there is limited information about irisin protein in other human and rat tissues. The present immunohistochemical study was undertaken to screen skeletal muscle and other tissues for irisin immunoreactivit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Aydin S,Kuloglu T,Aydin S,Kalayci M,Yilmaz M,Cakmak T,Albayrak S,Gungor S,Colakoglu N,Ozercan IH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin is a tetradecapeptide heterogenously distributed in the mammalian brain. Bombesin (45 micrograms) given intracisternally (IC) to unanesthetized rats increased the accumulation of dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in striatum, olfactory tubercles and hypothalamus after DOPA-decarboxylase inhibition, thus indicatin...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Widerlöv E,Mueller RA,Frye GD,Breese GR

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves participate in the regulation of cardiovascular functions both in the normal state and the pathophysiology of hypertension through the actions of potent vasodilator neuropeptides, including calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). CGRP, a very potent vasodilator, is the predominant ne...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Deng PY,Li YJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest that arginine vasopressin (AVP) may be an endogenous antipyretic peptide and a mediator of febrile convulsions [10,12]. The spontaneously seizing Mongolian gerbil was used to investigate the thermoregulatory, behavioral and seizure modulatory effects of AVP. Injection of AVP (1.0 and 5.0 microgr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lee RJ,Lomax P

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a peptide that has protective effects on many tissues of the body. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Acetaminophen, a commonly used analgesic-antipyretic drug, has hepatotoxic side effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective role of ghrelin in liver toxicity due to acetami...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Golestan Jahromi M,Nabavizadeh F,Vahedian J,Nahrevanian H,Dehpour AR,Zare-Mehrjardi A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher levels of natriuretic peptides were identified in outpatients after myocardial infarction (MI) compared to the healthy population, even in the absence of heart failure (HF). Therefore, we assessed the optimal cut-off value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in relation to new-onset HF prediction in 79 post-MI ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Radovanovic M,Vasiljevic Z,Radovanovic N,Marinkovic J,Beleslin B,Mitrovic P,Stankovic S,Stankovic G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment with opioid antagonists enhances acquisition of Pavlovian fear conditioning. The present experiments attempted to characterize the type of opioid receptor responsible for this effect using a procedure that assessed the fear of rats to a chamber previously associated with electric shock (1 mA, 0.75 s). Fre...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fanselow MS,Kim JJ,Young SL,Calcagnetti DJ,DeCola JP,Helmstetter FJ,Landeira-Fernandez J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis, purification, and characterization of biotinylated analogues of motilin are reported. The C-terminal of canine motilin was extended by the addition of a cysteine residue, and then biotinylated. Biotinyl motilin was purified by following HPLC and characterized by amino acid analysis. Biotinylation of the...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sakai T,Satoh M,Hayashi H,Fujikura K,Sano I,Koyama H,Tatemoto K,Itoh Z

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) secreted by amphibian skin represent an important innate immune defense strategy. There are more than 340 species in the family of Ranidae worldwidely, and from which nearly 100 families of AMPs comprising between 8 and 48 amino acid (aa) residues have been characterized. In current work,...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhang S,Guo H,Shi F,Wang H,Li L,Jiao X,Wang Y,Yu H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (melanotropin release inhibiting factor, MIF) and its analog, cyclo (Leu-Gly) on the mouse and rat striatal cholinergic muscarinic receptors labeled with 3H-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) were investigated. 3H-QNB bound to the rat striatal muscarinic receptors at a single high affinity si...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Das S,Matwyshyn GA,Bhargava HN

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00