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Recombinant Oxytocin

Known as: OXYTOCIN 
A synthetic cyclic peptide form of the naturally occurring posterior pituitary hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin binds to oxytocin receptors in the uterine… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Oxytocin receptor antagonists for inhibiting preterm labour.
BACKGROUND Preterm birth, defined as birth before 37 completed weeks, is the single most important cause of perinatal mortality… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Oxytocin and milk removal are required for post-partum mammary-gland development.
The oxytocin (OT)-neurophysin preprohormone is synthesized in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. OT… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Oxytocin receptor couples to the 80 kDa Gh alpha family protein in human myometrium.
One of the primary functions of the oxytocin receptor is to modulate intracellular calcium levels in myometrium. The oxytocin… 
1996
1996
Oxytocin receptors expressed and coupled to Ca2+ signalling in a human vascular smooth muscle cell line
1 In a human vascular smooth muscle cell line (HVSMC), binding experiments with [3H]‐arginine8‐vasopressin (AVP) have shown the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Structure and expression of the bovine oxytocin receptor gene.
The gene for the bovine oxytocin receptor has been sequenced using a combination of clones derived from a bovine endometrial cDNA… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Oxytocin enhances myoepithelial cell differentiation and proliferation in the mouse mammary gland.
Using immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy, we demonstrate that oxytocin (OT) exerts a trophic effect on its target… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Distribution of milk in the goat mammary gland and its relation to the rate and control of milk secretion
Summary Changes with time in the distribution of milk between different storage regions of the mammary gland were studied in… 
1986
1986
Effect of dibutyryl cyclic AMP on morphologic features and biologic markers of a human salivary gland adenocarcinoma cell line in culture
Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dB‐cAMP) has marked effects on the growth, morphologic features, and biologic markers of a human salivary… 
1984
1984
Oxytocin-stimulated myosin phosphorylation in mammary myoepithelial cells: roles of calcium ions and cyclic nucleotides.
Oxytocin (10 nM) stimulated the phosphorylation of the 20,000 mol wt myosin light chain in rat mammary myoepithelial cells from a… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Angiotensin stimulates oxytocin release.
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