| PRF | Prolactin-Releasing Factor |
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| MRF | Markov random field; medical record file; melanocyte-[stimulating hormone]-releasing factor; mesence... |
| EF | ectopic focus; edema factor; ejection fraction; elastic fibril; electric field; elongation factor; e... |
| PF | pair feeding; peak flow; perfusion fluid; pericardial fluid; periosteal fibroblast; peritoneal fluid... |
| GHRFR | growth hormone-releasing releasing factor |
| luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor | gonadotrophin-releasing hormone |
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| luteinizing hormone-releasing factor | Former name for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| receptors, prolactin | Labile proteins on or in prolactin-sensitive cells that bind prolactin initiating the cells' physiological response to that hormone. Mammary casein synthesis is one of the responses. The receptors are also found in placenta, liver, testes, kidneys, ovaries, and other organs and bind and respond to certain other hormones and their analogs and antagonists. This receptor is related to the growth hormone receptor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chorionic growth hormone-prolactin | human placental lactogen |
| prolactin | <protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| prolactin cell | An acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis that produces prolactin. Synonym: prolactin cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prolactin-inhibiting hormone | A substance of hypothalamic origin capable of inhibiting the synthesis and release of prolactin. Synonym: prolactin-inhibiting factor, prolactin-inhibiting hormone. Origin: prolactin + G. Stasis, standing still, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
| prolactin-producing adenoma | <tumour> A pituitary adenoma composed of prolactin-producing cells; it gives rise to symptoms of nonpuerperal amenorrhoea and galactorrhoea (Forbes-Albright syndrome) in women and to impotence in men. Synonym: prolactinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prolactin protease | <enzyme> From pituitary lysosomes of lactating rats Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| prolactin release-inhibiting hormone | <chemical> A polypeptide hormone produced in the hypothalamus that inhibits the release of prolactin. Chemical name: Prolactin release-inhibiting factor (12 Dec 1998) |
| prolactin unit | The specific lactogenic activity contained in 0.1 mg of the standard preparation of the lactogenic substance of the anterior pituitary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastrin-releasing peptide | <hormone> A regulatory peptide (27 amino acids) thought to be the mammalian equivalent of bombesin. It elicits gastrin release and regulates gastric acid secretion and motor function. It causes bronchoconstriction and vasodilation in the respiratory tract and stimulates the growth and mitogenesis of cells in culture. Once released from nerves in the antrum of the stomach, the neuropeptide stimulates release of gastrin from the g cells. Chemical name: Gastrin-releasing peptide (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, corticotropin-releasing hormone | Cell surface proteins that bind corticotropin-releasing hormone with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behaviour of cells. The corticotropin releasing-hormone receptors on anterior pituitary cells mediate the stimulation of corticotropin release by hypothalamic corticotropin releasing factor. The physiological consequence of activating corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors on central neurons is not well understood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, thyrotropin-releasing hormone | Cell surface receptors that bind thyrotropin releasing hormone (trh) with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behaviour of cells. Activated trh receptors in the anterior pituitary stimulate the release of thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone, tsh). Trh receptors on neurons mediate neurotransmission by trh. (12 Dec 1998) |
| releasing factors | Hormones produced by the hypothalamus whichstimulate the release of other hormones in the pituitary gland. (09 Oct 1997) |