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Oxytocin, human

Known as: CYIQNCPLG-NH2, OXT, Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 
Oxytocin (9 aa, ~1 kDa) is encoded by the human OXT gene. This protein plays a role in smooth muscle contraction in both the mammary gland and uterus… 
National Institutes of Health

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Extracellular SpaceIntercellular Communication ProcessMuscle ContractionNeuropeptides

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Oxytocin

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Maternal oxytocin response predicts mother-to-infant gaze
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Myoepithelial Cell Contraction and Milk Ejection Are Impaired in Mammary Glands of Mice Lacking Smooth Muscle Alpha-Actin1
Mammary myoepithelial cells are specialized smooth musclelike epithelial cells that express the smooth muscle actin isoform… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
An investigation of plasma and salivary oxytocin responses in breast- and formula-feeding mothers of infants.
Oxytocin (OT) is a peptide increasingly studied in relation to human social interactions, affiliation, and clinical disorders… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Breastfeeding: physiological, endocrine and behavioural adaptations caused by oxytocin and local neurogenic activity in the nipple and mammary gland
It is now well established that oxytocin, as well as stimulating uterine contractions and milk cjection, promotes the development… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Relaxin affects the central control of oxytocin release
In several species the myometrium is quiescent shortly before parturition1. At this time high titres of relaxin are present in… 
1983
1983
Oxytocin receptors in rat involuting mammary gland.
  • M. SoloffM. Wieder
  • Canadian journal of biochemistry and cell biology…
  • 1983
  • Corpus ID: 23024390
Oxytocin-receptor concentrations in the rat mammary gland were determined by Scatchard analyses with [3H]oxytocin. There was… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Gut hormones in tropical malabsorption.
Concentrations of various gut hormones were measured after a test breakfast in eight patients with severe tropical malabsorption… 
1979
1979
Pathogenesis of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia after induction of labour with oxytocin.
To determine the pathogenesis of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia after oxytocin-induced labour venous cord blood from 95 healthy… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Dopaminergic control of oxytocin release in lactating rats.
During suckling, anaesthetized lactating rats release regular (about every 7 min) but brief pulses of oxytocin (0.5--1.0 mu… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Fetal Contribution to Oxytocin in Human Labor
Fetal oxytocin contribution to the mother during spontaneous labor was investigated using a specific and sensitive… 
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