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C-Peptide

Known as: Proinsulin C-Peptide, C Peptide, Proinsulin, Connecting Peptide 
The middle segment of proinsulin that is between the N-terminal B-chain and the C-terminal A-chain. It is a pancreatic peptide of about 31 residues… 
National Institutes of Health

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22 relations
C peptide/Creatinine:MRto:24H:Urine:QnC peptide:SCnc:24H:Urine:QnC peptide:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnC peptide:SCnc:Pt:Urine:Qn

Narrower (2)

CBX129801glutamyl-glycyl-seryl-leucyl-glutamine

Broader (1)

Peptides

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Adult porcine islet transplantation in baboons treated with conventional immunosuppression or a non‐myeloablative regimen and CD154 blockade
The aim of the present study was to assess the survival of adult porcine islets transplanted into baboons receiving either (1… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Proinsulin C-peptide rapidly stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinases in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts: requirement of protein kinase C, phosphoinositide 3-kinase and pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein.
It has been demonstrated that proinsulin C-peptide possesses several biological activities and that its specific binding sites… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Preferential cleavage of des-31,32-proinsulin over intact proinsulin by the insulin secretory granule type II endopeptidase. Implication of a favored route for prohormone processing.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
DISAPPEARANCE AND REAPPEARANCE OF ISLET CELL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES IN CYCLOSPORIN-TREATED INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETICS
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Molecular cloning and characterization of cDNA sequences coding for rat relaxin
Using a synthetic oligonucleotide primer, cloned DNA fragments, each containing the entire coding sequence of rat relaxin, have… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Insulin action in pancreatic acini from streptozotocin-treated rats. I. Stimulation of protein synthesis.
Pancreatic acini were prepared from rats rendered diabetic with streptozotocin. In this tissue, insulin stimulated [3H]leucine… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Radioimmunoassay of insulin.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Radioimmunoassay of human proinsulin C-peptide using synthetic human connecting peptide.
Radioimmunoassay of human C-peptide was established using antiserum to synthetic human connecting peptide and synthetic… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Studies on human proinsulin. Isolation and amino acid sequence of the human pancreatic C-peptide.
Abstract Human proinsulin C-peptide has been extracted from human pancreas with acid-ethanol and purified by means of gel… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The structure of bovine proinsulin.
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