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Urotensins

Known as: Urotensins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Teleost hormones. A family of small peptides isolated from urophyses of bony fishes. They have many different physiological effects, including long… 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
The role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of hypertension
Hypertension is considered to be the most important risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease. An increasing body… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Regulation of vascular reactivity by established and emerging GPCRs.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Rapid regulation of NaCl secretion by estuarine teleost fish: coping strategies for short-duration freshwater exposures.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Identification of nonpeptidic urotensin II receptor antagonists by virtual screening based on a pharmacophore model derived from structure-activity relationships and nuclear magnetic resonance…
The vasoactive cyclic 11-amino acid peptide urotensin II (U-II) has recently been discovered as the endogenous ligand of the… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Emerging roles for orphan G-protein-coupled receptors in the cardiovascular system.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis and the control of food intake in teleost fish.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Human urotensin‐II is an endothelium‐dependent vasodilator in rat small arteries
The possible role of the endothelium in modulating responses to human urotensin‐II (U‐II) was investigated using isolated… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Differential vasoconstrictor activity of human urotensin‐II in vascular tissue isolated from the rat, mouse, dog, pig, marmoset and cynomolgus monkey
Urotensin‐II (U‐II) and its G‐protein‐coupled receptor, GPR14, are expressed within mammalian cardiac and peripheral vascular… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Orphan‐receptor ligand human urotensin II: receptor localization in human tissues and comparison of vasoconstrictor responses with endothelin‐1
We have determined the distribution of receptors for human urotensin‐II (U‐II) in human and rat CNS and peripheral tissues. In… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Comparative effects of corticotropin-releasing factor, arginine vasopressin, and related neuropeptides on the secretion of ACTH and alpha-MSH by frog anterior pituitary cells and neurointermediate…
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