Justo P Castaño

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1 Metabolic regulation of ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) expression in the mouse hypothalamus, pituitary, and stomach. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2009 1.14
2 Regulation of pituitary cell function by adiponectin. Endocrinology 2006 1.11
3 Identification and characterization of two novel truncated but functional isoforms of the somatostatin receptor subtype 5 differentially present in pituitary tumors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009 1.03
4 A novel human ghrelin variant (In1-ghrelin) and ghrelin-O-acyltransferase are overexpressed in breast cancer: potential pathophysiological relevance. PLoS One 2011 1.01
5 Intracellular signaling mechanisms mediating ghrelin-stimulated growth hormone release in somatotropes. Endocrinology 2003 0.99
6 Understanding the multifactorial control of growth hormone release by somatotropes: lessons from comparative endocrinology. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009 0.98
7 Kisspeptin regulates gonadotroph and somatotroph function in nonhuman primate pituitary via common and distinct signaling mechanisms. Endocrinology 2011 0.95
8 Dimerization of G protein-coupled receptors: new avenues for somatostatin receptor signalling, control and functioning. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007 0.95
9 Cortistatin is not a somatostatin analogue but stimulates prolactin release and inhibits GH and ACTH in a gender-dependent fashion: potential role of ghrelin. Endocrinology 2011 0.95
10 In vivo and in vitro structure-activity relationships and structural conformation of Kisspeptin-10-related peptides. Mol Pharmacol 2009 0.93
11 Identification and characterization of new functional truncated variants of somatostatin receptor subtype 5 in rodents. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010 0.92
12 A potential inhibitory role for the new truncated variant of somatostatin receptor 5, sst5TMD4, in pituitary adenomas poorly responsive to somatostatin analogs. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010 0.92
13 Obestatin regulates adipocyte function and protects against diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation. FASEB J 2012 0.91
14 Rab18 inhibits secretory activity in neuroendocrine cells by interacting with secretory granules. Traffic 2007 0.90
15 Molecular pathogenesis of neuroendocrine tumors: implications for current and future therapeutic approaches. Clin Cancer Res 2013 0.90
16 Expression of the ghrelin and neurotensin systems is altered in the temporal lobe of Alzheimer's disease patients. J Alzheimers Dis 2010 0.89
17 Somatostatin and its receptors contribute in a tissue-specific manner to the sex-dependent metabolic (fed/fasting) control of growth hormone axis in mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010 0.88
18 Somatostatin and its receptors from fish to mammals. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010 0.87
19 Role of ghrelin system in neuroprotection and cognitive functions: implications in Alzheimer's disease. Peptides 2011 0.86
20 Mediterranean diet supplemented with coenzyme Q10 induces postprandial changes in p53 in response to oxidative DNA damage in elderly subjects. Age (Dordr) 2011 0.86
21 Are somatostatin and cortistatin two siblings in regulating endocrine secretions? In vitro work ahead. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007 0.85
22 Rab18 is reduced in pituitary tumors causing acromegaly and its overexpression reverts growth hormone hypersecretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 0.84
23 Expression of Somatostatin, cortistatin, and their receptors, as well as dopamine receptors, but not of neprilysin, are reduced in the temporal lobe of Alzheimer's disease patients. J Alzheimers Dis 2010 0.84
24 Ghrelin gene products, receptors, and GOAT enzyme: biological and pathophysiological insight. J Endocrinol 2013 0.84
25 Ghrelin is produced by and directly activates corticotrope cells from adrenocorticotropin-secreting adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 0.83
26 Cortistatin inhibits migration and proliferation of human vascular smooth muscle cells and decreases neointimal formation on carotid artery ligation. Circ Res 2013 0.83
27 Discrimination between alternate membrane protein topologies in living cells using GFP/YFP tagging and pH exchange. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010 0.83
28 Truncated somatostatin receptors as new players in somatostatin-cortistatin pathophysiology. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2011 0.83
29 Homologous and heterologous regulation of pituitary receptors for ghrelin and growth hormone-releasing hormone. Endocrinology 2004 0.83
30 Insulin and IGF-I inhibit GH synthesis and release in vitro and in vivo by separate mechanisms. Endocrinology 2013 0.83
31 Peripubertal-onset but not adult-onset obesity increases IGF-I and drives development of lean mass, which may lessen the metabolic impairment in adult obesity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.82
32 Expression of functional KISS1 and KISS1R system is altered in human pituitary adenomas: evidence for apoptotic action of kisspeptin-10. Eur J Endocrinol 2010 0.82
33 Homologous and heterologous in vitro regulation of pituitary receptors for somatostatin, growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone, and ghrelin in a nonhuman primate (Papio anubis). Endocrinology 2011 0.81
34 Somatostatin and somatostatin analogues reduce PDGF-induced endometrial cell proliferation and motility. Hum Reprod 2012 0.81
35 Obesity-induced hypogonadism in the male: premature reproductive neuroendocrine senescence and contribution of Kiss1-mediated mechanisms. Endocrinology 2014 0.81
36 Hyperthyroidism differentially regulates neuropeptide S system in the rat brain. Brain Res 2012 0.81
37 Paradoxical effect of cortistatin treatment and its deficiency on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 2013 0.81
38 Resistin regulates pituitary somatotrope cell function through the activation of multiple signaling pathways. Endocrinology 2009 0.80
39 Cortistatin: not just another somatostatin analog. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 2006 0.79
40 Obestatin plays an opposite role in the regulation of pituitary somatotrope and corticotrope function in female primates and male/female mice. Endocrinology 2014 0.79
41 TRH acts as a multifunctional hypophysiotropic factor in vertebrates. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2009 0.79
42 The Golgi-associated long coiled-coil protein NECC1 participates in the control of the regulated secretory pathway in PC12 cells. Biochem J 2012 0.79
43 Nutritional, hormonal, and depot-dependent regulation of the expression of the small GTPase Rab18 in rodent adipose tissue. J Mol Endocrinol 2012 0.79
44 The somatostatin analogue octreotide inhibits growth of small intestine neuroendocrine tumour cells. PLoS One 2012 0.79
45 Role of endogenous cortistatin in the regulation of ghrelin system expression at pancreatic level under normal and obese conditions. PLoS One 2013 0.78
46 Identification of the somatostatin receptor subtypes (sst) mediating the divergent, stimulatory/inhibitory actions of somatostatin on growth hormone secretion. Endocrinology 2006 0.78
47 Porcine somatostatin receptor 2 displays typical pharmacological sst2 features but unique dynamics of homodimerization and internalization. Endocrinology 2006 0.78
48 Urotensin II and urotensin II-related peptide activate somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5. Peptides 2008 0.78
49 Mitochondrial-driven ubiquinone enhances extracellular calcium-dependent nitric oxide production and reduces glycochenodeoxycholic acid-induced cell death in hepatocytes. Chem Res Toxicol 2009 0.78
50 Somatostatin stimulates GH secretion in two porcine somatotrope subpopulations through a cAMP-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2002 0.77
51 Leptin and fasting regulate rat gastric glucose-regulated protein 58. Int J Pept 2011 0.76
52 Melatonin regulates somatotrope and lactotrope function through common and distinct signaling pathways in cultured primary pituitary cells from female primates. Endocrinology 2014 0.76
53 Dietary fat alters the expression of cortistatin and ghrelin systems in the PBMCs of elderly subjects: putative implications in the postprandial inflammatory response. Mol Nutr Food Res 2014 0.76
54 Somatotropinomas, but not nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, maintain a functional apoptotic RET/Pit1/ARF/p53 pathway that is blocked by excess GDNF. Endocrinology 2014 0.75
55 Truncated variants of pig somatostatin receptor subtype 5 (sst5) act as dominant-negative modulators for sst2-mediated signaling. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.75
56 Endogenous somatostatin is critical in regulating the acute effects of L-arginine on growth hormone and insulin release in mice. Endocrinology 2013 0.75
57 Melanotrope secretory cycle is regulated by physiological inputs via the hypothalamus. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003 0.75
58 Somatostatin, cortistatin and their receptors in health and disease. Foreword. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2008 0.75
59 Porcine sst1 can physically interact with other somatostatin receptors, and its expression is regulated by metabolic/inflammatory sensors. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013 0.75
60 Role of Ca2+ in the secretory and biosynthetic response of porcine gonadotropes to substance P and gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Regul Pept 2003 0.75
61 Amphibian melanotrophs as a model to analyze the secretory plasticity of endocrine cells. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2002 0.75