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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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preprourotensin IIurotensin II

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2011
2011
Ontogeny of the corticotropin-releasing factor system in rainbow trout and differential effects of hypoxia on the endocrine and cellular stress responses during development.
2007
2007
Seasonal changes in peptide, receptor and ion channel mRNA expression in the caudal neurosecretory system of the European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
2003
2003
The Expression of Urotensin II Receptor (U2R) is Up‐regulated by Interferon‐γ
Abstract Urotensin‐II (U‐II) was identified as the natural ligand of the G protein‐coupled receptor GPR14, which has been… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Suppression of food intake induced by corticotropin-releasing factor family in neonatal chicks.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Cellular and molecular basis of portal hypertension.
1999
1999
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) urotensin-I: structural differences between urotensins-I and urocortins.
In bony fishes, both corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin-I play a role in the regulation of interrenal… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Molecular cloning of a type A chicken corticotropin-releasing factor receptor with high affinity for urotensin I.
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is an essential physiological system in many species. CRF, the major neuropeptide… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Characterization of the genomic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene from Xenopus laevis: two members of the CRF family exist in amphibians.
In mammals, the release of pituitary ACTH is stimulated by CRF. Two related peptides exist in nonmammalian vertebrates, sauvagine… 
1989
1989
Peptides of the corticoliberin superfamily attenuate thermal and neurogenic inflammation in rat pawskin.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Amunine (ovine CRF), urotensin I and sauvagine, three structurally-related peptides, produce selective dilation of the mesenteric circulation.
Three synthetic peptides, urotensin I, sauvagine and ovine CRF, have less than 50% sequence homology. In the dog, all three… 
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