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Somatostatin family

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The somatostatin family is a protein family with somatostatin as titular member, a hormone which inhibits the release of the pituitary somatotropin (growth hormone) and inhibits the release of glucagon and insulin from the pancreas of fasted animals. Cortistatin is a cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties.

Human proteins from this family

  • Cortistatin (CORT)
  • Somatostatin (SST)

References

References

  1. (1996). "A cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties". Nature.
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