Somatostatin, also known as somatotropin-release inhibitory factor, is a cyclopeptide that
exerts potent inhibitory actions on hormone secretion and neuronal excitability. Its …

Neuropeptides are a diverse class of neuronal signalling molecules that regulate
physiological processes and behaviour in animals. However, determining the relationships …

Model organisms are often used in biological, medical and environmental research. Among
insects, Drosophila melanogaster, Galleria mellonella, Apis mellifera, Bombyx mori …

Most endocrine systems in the body are influenced by the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Within
this axis, the hypothalamus delivers precise signals to the pituitary gland, which in turn …

Somatostatin (SS) and urotensin II (UII) are members of two families of structurally related
neuropeptides present in all vertebrates. They exert a large array of biological activities that …

The human genome project and its search for factors underlying human diseases has
fostered a major human research effort. Therefore, unsurprisingly, in recent years we have …

This review focuses on the control of appetite by food intake-regulatory peptides secreted
from the gastrointestinal tract, namely cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide 1, peptide YY …

Obesity is one of the major social and health problems globally and often associated with
various other pathological conditions. In addition to unregulated eating behaviour …

From mammals to fish, reproduction is driven by luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-
stimulating hormone (FSH) temporally secreted from the pituitary gland. Teleost fish are an …

Cortistatin (CST) and somatostatin (SST) evolve from a common ancestral gene and share
remarkable structural, pharmacological, and functional homologies. Although CST has been …