"beta-Endorphin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 31-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. It acts on OPIOID RECEPTORS and is an analgesic. Its first four amino acids at the N-terminal are identical to the tetrapeptide sequence of METHIONINE ENKEPHALIN and LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D001615
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.239 D06.472.699.631.525.600.239 D12.644.400.400.935.239 D12.644.400.575.241.080 D12.644.548.365.935.239 D12.644.548.691.525.690.239 D12.776.631.650.405.935.239 D12.776.631.650.575.241.080
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| Concept/Terms |
beta-Endorphin- beta-Endorphin
- beta Endorphin
- beta-Endorphin (1-31)
- Endorphin, beta
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Endorphin" by people in Profiles.
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Sex differences in pain and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical responses to opioid blockade. Psychosom Med. 2004 Mar-Apr; 66(2):198-206.
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Plasma beta-endorphin levels and childhood intussusception. J Emerg Med. 1994 Nov-Dec; 12(6):767-9.
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Plasma beta-endorphin concentrations and analgesia-muscle relaxation in the newborn infant supported by mechanical ventilation. J Pediatr. 1994 Jul; 125(1):113-6.
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Modulation of the autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction by beta-endorphin. J Neuroimmunol. 1987 Dec; 17(1):1-10.
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On the relationship between clonidine hypotension and brain beta-endorphin in the spontaneously hypertensive rat: studies with alpha adrenergic and opiate blockers. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1987 Jul; 242(1):378-87.
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Neuropeptides in human cerebrospinal fluid. Life Sci. 1985 Sep 30; 37(13):1265-70.
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The effect of beta-endorphin on natural cytotoxicity and antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Life Sci. 1984 Jul 16; 35(3):261-5.
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Enhancement of natural cytotoxicity by beta-endorphin. J Immunol. 1983 Apr; 130(4):1658-62.
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Radioimmunoassay detection of endorphins from long-term culture of human pituitary tumour cells. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1982 Feb; 99(2):174-8.
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Clinical and experimental studies of stress and the endogenous opioid system. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1982; 398:424-32.