Published in J Endocrinol on May 01, 1977
Isolation and partial characterization of a pair of prolactins released in vitro by the pituitary of a cichlid fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1985) 0.87
Biosynthesis and degradation of prolactin in the rat anterior pituitary gland. Time course of incorporation of label in vitro and evidence for rapid degradation. Biochem J (1979) 0.85
Structural features of prolactins and growth hormones that can be related to their biological properties. Endocr Rev (1986) 1.68
Evidence suggesting that the direct growth-promoting effect of growth hormone on cartilage in vivo is mediated by local production of somatomedin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1986) 1.44
A dissection of the chapter "Tools for Research" in Peter Singer's Animal Liberation. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1996) 1.39
Adenohypophysis:prolactin. Annu Rev Physiol (1966) 1.35
Bio-assay of prolactin. Analysis of the pigeon crop-sac response to local prolactin injection by an objective and quantitative method. Endocrinology (1967) 1.22
Prolactin turnover in rat adenohypophyses in vivo: its evaluation as a method for estimating secretion rates. J Endocrinol (1972) 1.13
The comparative endocrinology of prolactin. Recent Prog Horm Res (1968) 1.01
Estimates of parenchymal, stromal, and lymph node deoxyribonucleic acid in mammary glands of C3H/Crgl-2 mice. Life Sci (1965) 0.94
Corticosterone regulation of insulin-like growth factor I, IGF-binding proteins, and growth in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes (1995) 0.92
Evidence for a role of basic fibroblast growth factor in rat embryonic growth and differentiation. Endocrinology (1988) 0.89
Growth and differentiation of fetal rat intestine transplants: dependence on insulin and growth hormone. Biol Neonate (1986) 0.89
Mass spectrometric analysis of the fragments produced by cleavage and reduction of rat prolactin: evidence that the cleaving enzyme is cathepsin D. Endocrinology (1993) 0.86
Prolactin and tadpole growth. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1967) 0.85
Electrophoretically separable forms of rat prolactin with different bioassay and radioimmunoassay activities. Endocrinology (1978) 0.85
Biological and immunological characterization of cleaved and 16K forms of rat prolactin. Endocrinology (1988) 0.83
Development and preliminary application of a homologous radioimmunoassay for bullfrog prolactin. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1977) 0.82
Evolutionary biology of prolactins and somatotropins. I. Electrophoretic comparison of tetrapod prolactins. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1971) 0.82
A pigeon crop sac radioreceptor assay for prolactin. J Endocrinol (1978) 0.82
Ontogeny and evolution of prolactin's functions. Fed Proc (1980) 0.82
Effects of antisera to bullfrog prolactin and growth hormone on metamorphosis of Rana catesbeiana tadpoles. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1977) 0.82
Binding studies with intact rat prolactin and a 16K fragment of the hormone. Endocrinology (1989) 0.81
Lactogenic hormones stimulate the liver to secrete a factor that acts synergistically with prolactin to promote growth of the pigeon crop-sac mucosal epithelium in vivo. Endocrinology (1985) 0.81
Electrophoretic separation of forms of rat growth hormone with different bioassay and radioimmunoassay activities: comparison of intraglandular and secreted forms. Life Sci (1978) 0.81
Hypophysectomy or adrenalectomy of rats with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus partially restores their responsiveness to growth hormone. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1994) 0.81
Morphology of the lactotropes and somatotropes of man and rhesus monkeys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1972) 0.81
The primary structure of sturgeon prolactin: phylogenetic implication. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1993) 0.81
A direct growth effect of growth hormone in rat hindlimb shown by arterial infusion. Am J Physiol (1986) 0.81
Lungfish prolactin exhibits close tetrapod relationships. Biochim Biophys Acta (1993) 0.80
Prolactin receptors in Rana catesbeiana during development and metamorphosis. Science (1979) 0.79
Insulin exerts metabolic and growth-promoting effects by a direct action on the liver in vivo: clarification of the functional significance of the portal vascular link between the beta cells of the pancreatic islets and the liver. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1987) 0.79
Prolactin and growth hormone: specialists on one hand and mutual mimics on the other. Perspect Biol Med (1982) 0.79
Estimation of prolactin and growth hormone levels by polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis. J Endocrinol (1969) 0.79
Metabolism of purified and secreted rat prolactin in vitro. Horm Res (1978) 0.78
Evidence suggesting that insulin-like growth factor-I is necessary for the trophic effects of insulin on cartilage growth in vivo. Endocrinology (1992) 0.78
Bioassay of prolactin. Analysis of the pigeon crop-sac response to systemic prolactin injection by an improved method of response quantification. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) (1969) 0.78
Effects of insulin-like growth factors I and II on growth and differentiation of transplanted rat embryos and fetal tissues. Endocrinology (1989) 0.78
Blood and pituitary prolactin levels in tilapia (Sarotherodon mossambicus; Teleostei) from different salinities as measured by a homologous radioimmunoassay. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1981) 0.78
Growth hormone releasing factor and the bioassay-radioimmunoassay paradox revisited. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) (1977) 0.77
Prolactin directly stimulates the liver in vivo to secrete a factor (synlactin) which acts synergistically with the hormone. Endocrinology (1985) 0.77
Occurrence of mammotrophic activity (prolactin) in the vertebrate adenohypophysis. J Endocrinol (1966) 0.77
Growth and differentiation of transplanted rat embryos in intact, diabetic and hypophysectomized hosts: comparison with their growth in situ. Biol Neonate (1987) 0.77
Cyclic nucleotides and the control of epithelial cell proliferation: cyclic CMP may be a partial mediator of the response of the pigeon crop-sac to prolactin. J Cyclic Nucleotide Res (1981) 0.77
Role of insulin in the growth of fetal rat tissues. Endocrinology (1984) 0.77
Evidence to suggest that rat growth hormone is modified when secreted by the pituitary gland. J Endocrinol (1979) 0.77
Hormonal control of fetal growth. Physiologist (1983) 0.77
Evidence for an organ- and sex-specific role of basic fibroblast growth factor in the development of the fetal mammalian reproductive tract. Endocrinology (1991) 0.76
Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in rats with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1995) 0.76
Comparison of the ability of normal mouse mammary tissues and mammary adenocarcinoma to cleave rat prolactin. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1995) 0.76
Processing of rat prolactin by rat tissue explants and serum in vitro. Endocrinology (1992) 0.76
Prolactin's mitogenic action on the pigeon crop-sac mucosal epithelium involves direct and indirect mechanisms. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1984) 0.76
Effects of prolactin, growth hormone, and triiodothyronine on prolactin receptors in larval and adult tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). J Exp Zool (1993) 0.76
Animal rights literature. Science (1989) 0.75
A transplant system for studying hormonal control of growth of fetal rat tissues: effects of hypophysectomy growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroxine. Endocrinology (1983) 0.75
Evidence for a role of the liver in the mammotrophic action of prolactin. Endocrinology (1990) 0.75
An insulin-like growth factor I-resistant state in cartilage of diabetic rats is ameliorated by hypophysectomy. Possible role of metabolism. Diabetes (1993) 0.75
Prolactin inhibits the induction of its own renal receptors in Rana catesbeiana tadpoles. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1981) 0.75
Amphibian pituitary growth hormone and prolactin: immunochemical relatedness to rat growth hormone. Science (1973) 0.75
Hormonal control of growth in the infant rat: further evidence that neither thyrotropin nor thyroid hormones are transferred via milk to suckling pups. Endocrinology (1983) 0.75
Analysis of suckling-induced changes in adenohypophyseal prolactin concentration in the lactating rat by three assay methods. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) (1976) 0.75
Binding of intact and cleaved human growth hormone to hepatic receptors and plasma binding proteins. Endocrinology (1992) 0.75
Human placental lactogen inhibits growth without changing serum levels of IGF-1 in rats: an apparent specific action of the hormone. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) (1992) 0.75
Evidence for a role of the liver in the luteotropic action of prolactin in rats. Biol Reprod (1993) 0.75
Experimental diabetes mellitus in a teleost fish. II. Roles of insulin, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-I, and hepatic GH receptors in diabetic growth inhibition in the goby, Gillichthys mirabilis. Endocrinology (1993) 0.75
Evidence for hepatic involvement in the regulation of amphibian development by prolactin. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1988) 0.75
Effect of mammalian thyrotropin releasing hormone on prolactin secretion by bullfrog adenohypophyses in vitro. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1979) 0.75
Corticosteroids in serum of Rana catesbeiana during development and metamorphosis. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1983) 0.75
Cleavage of rat prolactin occurs within rat mammary tissue, and the cleaved form is present in serum but not in milk. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1994) 0.75
Animal research vs. animal rights. FASEB J (1989) 0.75
Characterization of hepatic growth hormone binding sites in two fish species, Gillichthys mirabilis (Teleostei) and Acipenser transmontanus (Chondrostei). Gen Comp Endocrinol (1985) 0.75
Hormonal control of growth in the infant rat. Endocrinology (1981) 0.75
Differential effects of an antiserum to epidermal growth factor on the development of transplanted rat embryos and fetal structures in vivo. Growth Factors (1993) 0.75
Restoration of lactation in bromocriptine-treated rats by prolactin replacement: comparison of constant versus pulsatile infusion and intrahepatic versus intrajugular routes of delivery. J Endocrinol Invest (1993) 0.75
Human placental lactogen directly inhibits rat cartilage growth processes in vivo and in vitro. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) (1993) 0.75
Characterization of rat serum insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis: identification of a potentially novel form. Endocrinology (1994) 0.75
Relationship between bioassay and radioimmunoassay estimates of prolactin in rat serum. Endocrinology (1978) 0.75
Growth-promoting properties of the internal milieu of pregnant and lactating rats. Am J Physiol (1990) 0.75
The internal milieu of the pregnant rat is not growth promoting for maternal tissues and it reduces growth of fetal paw transplants. Endocrinology (1985) 0.75
Differential effects of hypothalamic extract on release of bioactive and immunoactive rat growth hormone in vitro. Neuroendocrinology (1980) 0.75
Differential effects of elevated potassium ion concentration and of theophylline on growth hormone release by rat adenohypophyses in vitro. Endocr Res Commun (1978) 0.75
Prolactin and growth hormone levels in serum from cavernous sinus of rhesus monkeys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1972) 0.75
Analysis of the role of basic fibroblast growth factor in growth and differentiation of transplanted fetal rat paws and intestines. Endocrinology (1990) 0.75
Direct action for animal research. Science (1988) 0.75
Organization committed to direct action supporting animal research formed at Berkeley. Physiologist (1988) 0.75
Evolution of growth hormone and prolactin receptors and effectors. Prog Clin Biol Res (1990) 0.75
Studies on the melanocyte-stimulating hormones of neurointermediate lobe of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. I. Electrophoretic and chromatographic separation and identification of the intraglandular, acid activatable, and secreted forms of melanotropic peptides. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1979) 0.75
Comparison of secreted and extracted forms of rat pituitary prolactin. Biochim Biophys Acta (1976) 0.75
Pancreatic hormones differentially regulate insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-binding protein production by primary rat hepatocytes. J Endocrinol (1994) 0.75
Localization of prolactin in the reptilian pars distalis. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1969) 0.75
Development of thyroid hormone dependence for growth in the rat: a study involving transplanted fetal, neonatal, and juvenile tissues. Endocrinology (1984) 0.75
Secretion of prolactin-synergizing activity (synlactin) by the liver of ectothermic vertebrates in vitro. J Exp Zool (1986) 0.75
On the possible role of the liver in the galactopoietic action of prolactin in the rat. Endocrinology (1991) 0.75
Effects of ergotamine tartrate on prolactin and growth hormone secretion by rat adenohypophysis in vitro. Biol Reprod (1971) 0.75
Measurement of inducible proteins improves the precision of the local pigeon crop-sac bioassay for prolactin. Life Sci (1992) 0.75
The complete amino acid sequence of growth hormone from sturgeon (Acipencer guldenstadti). Biochim Biophys Acta (1992) 0.75
Prolactin activity of homogeneous primate growth hormone preparations. Endocrinology (1968) 0.75
Animals in research: educational funds. Science (1989) 0.75
Administration of growth hormone to pregnant rats on a reduced diet inhibits growth of their fetuses. Endocrinology (1991) 0.75
Evolutionary biology of prolactins and somatotropins. II. Electrophoretic comparison of tetrapod somatotropins. Gen Comp Endocrinol (1971) 0.75