UCN gene

Known as: prepro-urocortin, UCN, UI 
 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Urocortin inhibits Beclin1-mediated autophagic cell death in cardiac myocytes exposed to ischaemia/reperfusion injury.
Autophagy is known to be a feature of cardiomyopathies and chronic ischaemia. Here we demonstrate that autophagy is also induced… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Stomach regulates energy balance via acylated ghrelin and desacyl ghrelin.
BACKGROUND/AIMS The gastric peptide ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for growth-hormone secretagogue receptor, has two major… (More)
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Review
2004
Review
2004
New directions for protecting the heart against ischaemia-reperfusion injury: targeting the Reperfusion Injury Salvage Kinase (RISK)-pathway.
Reperfusion is a pre-requisite to salvaging viable myocardium, following an acute myocardial infarction. Reperfusion of ischaemic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Corticotrophin releasing factor-induced synaptic plasticity in the amygdala translates stress into emotional disorders.
The amygdala is involved in the associative processes for both appetitive and aversive emotions, and its function is modulated by… (More)
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Neuroendocrinology of nutritional infertility.
Natural selection has linked the physiological controls of energy balance and fertility such that reproduction is deferred during… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Urocortin II: a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide family that is selectively bound by type 2 CRF receptors.
Here we describe the cloning and initial characterization of a previously unidentified CRF-related neuropeptide, urocortin II… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A role of ghrelin in neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stress in mice.
Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, was recently identified in the rat stomach. Previous… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Neuroendocrinology of the skin.
The classical observations of the skin as a target for melanotropins have been complemented by the discovery of their actual… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mice deficient for corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 display anxiety-like behaviour and are hypersensitive to stress
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (Crh) is a critical coordinator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In response to… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor
CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING factor (CRF), a peptide first isolated from mammalian brain1, is critical in the regulation of the… (More)
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