corticotrophin-releasing hormone   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 912

Synonyms: CRF
Species: Human, Mouse, Rat
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References
1. Chen R, Lewis KA, Perrin MH, Vale WW. (1993)
Expression cloning of a human corticotropin-releasing-factor receptor.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 90 (19): 8967-71. [PMID:7692441]
2. Dautzenberg FM, Dietrich K, Palchaudhuri MR, Spiess J. (1997)
Identification of two corticotropin-releasing factor receptors from Xenopus laevis with high ligand selectivity: unusual pharmacology of the type 1 receptor.
J Neurochem, 69 (4): 1640-9. [PMID:9326293]
3. Dautzenberg FM, Py-Lang G, Higelin J, Fischer C, Wright MB, Huber G. (2001)
Different binding modes of amphibian and human corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 and type 2 receptors: evidence for evolutionary differences.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 296 (1): 113-20. [PMID:11123370]
4. Donaldson CJ, Sutton SW, Perrin MH, Corrigan AZ, Lewis KA, Rivier JE, Vaughan JM, Vale WW. (1996)
Cloning and characterization of human urocortin.
Endocrinology, 137 (5): 2167-70. [PMID:8612563]
5. Palchaudhuri MR, Wille S, Mevenkamp G, Spiess J, Fuchs E, Dautzenberg FM. (1998)
Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 from Tupaia belangeri--cloning, functional expression and tissue distribution.
Eur J Biochem, 258 (1): 78-84. [PMID:9851694]
6. Vaughan J, Donaldson C, Bittencourt J, Perrin MH, Lewis K, Sutton S, Chan R, Turnbull AV, Lovejoy D, Rivier C et al.. (1995)
Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor.
Nature, 378 (6554): 287-92. [PMID:7477349]