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The heart serves as an endocrine organ producing the hormones atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) which via the guanylyl cyclase A (GC-A) receptor and the second messenger cGMP participate in blood pressure homeostasis ...
Valentina Cannone +3 more
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Novel skeletal effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists [PDF]
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) leads to bone fragility and predisposes to increased risk of fracture, poor bone healing and other skeletal complications.
Chantal Chenu +4 more
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Dialog between Kingdoms: Enemies, Allies and Peptide Phytohormones
Various plant hormones can integrate developmental and environmental responses, acting in a complex network, which allows plants to adjust their developmental processes to changing environments.
Irina Dodueva +2 more
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The neuropeptide transcriptome of a model echinoderm, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus [PDF]
The work reported here was supported by a grant from the University of London Central Research ...
Elphick, MR, Rowe, ML
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The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System and Nutritional Assessment
Over recent years there has been considerable interest in the role of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in health and disease. It has long been known to be dysregulated in states of under- and overnutrition, serum IGF-I levels falling in ...
Callum Livingstone
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Modified natriuretic peptides and their potential roles in cancer treatment
The natriuretic peptide family (NPs) is a group of natural endocrine hormones, containing a 17-amino acid ring structure connected by disulfide bonds of two cysteines.
Mengjiao Xu +9 more
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DINeR: Database for Insect Neuropeptide Research [PDF]
Neuropeptides are responsible for regulating a variety of functions, including development, metabolism, water and ion homeostasis, and as neuromodulators in circuits of the central nervous system.
Davies, Shireen-Anne +5 more
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Gut microbiota is an endocrine organ
The gut microbiota affects the processes of food digestion, intestinal peristalsis, controls the work of the intestinal epithelium, has protective properties against pathogenic microorganisms, activating local immunity and stimulating the secretion of ...
Tatiana Y. Demidova +2 more
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Cardiovascular peptide hormones – Special edition
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Verano-Braga, Thiago +3 more
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Different types of soluble fermentable dietary fibre decrease food intake, body weight gain and adiposity in young adult male rats [PDF]
We thank Donna Wallace and the Rowett Animal House staff for the daily care of experimental rats, body weight and food intake measurements and MRI scanning, Vivien Buchan and Donna Henderson of the Rowett Analytical Department for proximate analyses and ...
Adam, Clare L +7 more
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