Urotensin-II: a novel systemic hypertensive factor in the cat

Contractile properties of small arterial resistance vessels in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats.

Michael J. Mulvany, W Halpern · Circulation Research · 1977 · 2.1K citations

Life Sciences, Cardiology, Physiology +12

Human urotensin-II is a potent vasoconstrictor and agonist for the orphan receptor GPR14

Robert S. Ames, Henry M. Sarau, Johathan K. Chambers et al. · Nature · 1999 · 789 citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology +5

Cloning of the cDNA encoding the urotensin II precursor in frog and human reveals intense expression of the urotensin II gene in motoneurons of the spinal cord

Yolaine Coulouarn, Isabelle Lihrmann, Sylvie Jégou et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 395 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience +8

Urotensin II: a somatostatin-like peptide in the caudal neurosecretory system of fishes.

David Pearson, John E. Shively, Brian R. Clark et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 393 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Zoology +13

Congestive heart failure and expression of myocardial urotensin II

Stephen A. Douglas, Lara Tayara, Eliot H. Ohlstein et al. · The Lancet · 2002 · 262 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology +6