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Ligands of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor [PDF]
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014 Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most abundant neuropeptides in the mammalian brain and exerts a variety of physiological processes in humans via four different receptor subtypes Y1, Y2, Y4 and Y5. Y2 receptor is the most abundant Y subtype receptor in the central nervous system and implicated with food intake, bone formation, affective disorders ...
Gopi Kumar, Mittapalli, Edward, Roberts
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Neuropeptide Receptors: Novel Targets for HIV/AIDS Therapeutics
Pharmaceuticals, 2011 The vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypepetide (VPAC) receptors are important for many physiologic functions, including glucose homeostasis, neuroprotection, memory, gut function, modulation of the immune system and ...
Donald R. Branch
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New antagonist agents of neuropeptide y receptors
Química Nova, 2000 In the CNS, NPY has been implicated in obesity and feeding, endocrine function and metabolism. Potent and selective rNPY antagonists will be able to probe the merits of this approach for the treatment of obesity.
Ignacio Aldana +8 more
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Antisense mRNA for NPY-Y1 receptor in the medial preoptic area increases prolactin secretion
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1999 We investigated the participation of neuropeptide Y-Y1 receptors within the medial preoptic area in luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and prolactin release.
N.A. Silveira, C.R. Franci
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Structural basis for ligand recognition of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor
Nature Communications, 2021 The human neuropeptide Y receptor Y2 (Y2R) is a drug target for the treatment of obesity and anxiety. Crystal structure of Y2R bound to a selective antagonist and accompanying mutagenesis provide insights into ligand recognition and subtype specificity ...
Tingting Tang +13 more
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Neuropeptides and their receptors in the immune system.
Annals of medicine, 1999 Neuropeptides and their receptors are produced and expressed by neuroendocrine tissues and function as neurotransmitters and/or mediators of well-defined hormonal activities in specific tissues and cells. However, neuropeptides and their receptors are also found in the immune system, and various neuropeptides are involved in both systems.
van Hagen PM +6 more
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Characterization of vascular neuropeptide Y receptors [PDF]
British Journal of Pharmacology, 1992 In the present study we compared neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY‐related analogues for their ability to activate or bind to vascular NPY receptors in four experimental set‐ups. Previous results have suggested the existence of different receptor subtypes, Y1 receptors requiring full‐length NPY (1–36) or [Pro34]‐NPY, and Y2 receptors recognizing also N ...
L, Grundemar +5 more
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PLoS Biology, 2020 The reproductive hormones that trigger oocyte meiotic maturation and release from the ovary vary greatly between animal species. Identification of receptors for these maturation-inducing hormones (MIHs) and understanding how they initiate the largely ...
Gonzalo Quiroga Artigas +8 more
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Possible involvement of neuropeptide and neurotransmitter receptors in Adenomyosis
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2021 Background Accumulating data indicate that sensory nerve derived neuropeptides such as substance P and calcitonin gene related-protein (CGRP) can accelerate the progression of endometriosis via their respective receptors, so can agonists to their ...
Xiaofang Xu +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2018 Neuropeptides are diverse and evolutionarily ancient regulators of physiological/behavioural processes in animals. Here we have investigated the evolution and comparative physiology of luqin-type neuropeptide signalling, which has been characterised ...
Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra +5 more
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